Species · genus Phoenix · Arecaceae

Loureir's Date Palm

Phoenix loureiroi Kunth

Also known as: Loureiro's Palm · Spiny Date Palm

Growth habit

shrub or tree

Native range

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Reference · P. loureiroi

Cultivars of P. loureiroi

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No named cultivars catalogued under P. loureiroi yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Phoenix loureiroi is a date palm from across South and Southeast Asia, growing as a hardy shrub or small tree in open, sunny habitats. It wants bright light and is comfortable with several hours of direct sun once acclimated. Let the top two inches of a gritty, free-draining mix dry before watering; it tolerates drying out far better than sitting wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–32 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining loam with sand and perlite

Propagation

Seed, or separation of basal suckers

Fertilizing

Balanced palm feed a few times in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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