Phoenix paludosa

Phoenix paludosa (paludosa, Latin, swampy), also called the mangrove date palm,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to coastal regions of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Sumatra, Vietnam and peninsular Malaysia.^[3] They are also known as sea dates.^[4] The trees grow in clusters, to 5 m high, usually forming dense thickets. The leaves are 2 to 3 m long and recurved.^[5] Similar to Nypa leaves, but smaller and placed towards the plant's top.

Phoenix paludosa
A tiger looks out from a forest of mangrove date palms in the Sundarbans National Park, in India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Phoenix
Species:	P. paludosa
Binomial name
Phoenix paludosa Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
Phoenix andamanensis W.T.Mill., J.G.Sm. & N.Taylor bis Phoenix siamensis Miq.

In Sundarbans, Bangladesh