528.000 Phoenix L.

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets numerous, the lower ones often modified to sharp spines.

Worldwide: 17 species in tropical and warm parts of Africa, including 1 in Europe.

Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon.

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SpeciesContent
roebelenii O'Brien

Other sources of information about Phoenix:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Phoenix
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Phoenix
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Phoenix
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Phoenix
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Phoenix
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Phoenix
JSTOR Plant Science: Phoenix
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Phoenix
Plants of the World Online: Phoenix
Tropicos: Phoenix
Wikipedia: Phoenix
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: genus page: Phoenix.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=294, retrieved 1 November 2025

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