XfrogPlants Senegal Date Palm
( Phoenix reclinata )

This XfrogPlants Senegal Date Palm 3D model collection contains
five
highly detailed, fully textured variations of the plant at different ages.
Palm
Origin: Equatorial Africa
Environment: along rivers, swamps, in forest clearings, on rocky mountain sides,coastal dunes, seasonally flooded bushland savannah
Climate: hot, warm; cold-intolerant
African names: Mkindu (Swahili), Makindu (Kamba), Olpiroo (Arusha)
Notes:Also known as African Wild Date Palm, this densely clumping palm’s Latin namereclinata hints at the way the outer stems gently bend and lean forward. Thisspecies suckers vigorously, and an adult clump can sometimes count even 20stems! Wild and unpruned, it quickly forms walls of clumps that are nearly impenetrableto man. It grows from sea level to 3.000 m. altitude, in full sunlight.When occurring in low-altitude bushveld, it is browsed by elephants.