Hyphaene
Genus of palm trees
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Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.[2][3][4]
| Hyphaene | |
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| Doum palm in Northern Sudan | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Borasseae |
| Genus: | Hyphaene Gaertn. |
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The genus includes the Doum palm (H. thebaica). They are unusual among palms in having regular naturally branched trunks; most other palms are single-stemmed from the ground. In Swahili, it is called koma.
Species
- Hyphaene compressa H.Wendl. - eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Mozambique
- Hyphaene coriacea Gaertn. - eastern Africa from South Africa; Madagascar; Juan de Nova Island
- Hyphaene dichotoma (J.White Dubl. ex Nimmo) Furtado - India, Sri Lanka
- Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. - western and central Africa from Liberia to Angola
- Hyphaene macrosperma H.Wendl. - Benin
- Hyphaene petersiana Klotzsch ex Mart. - southern and eastern Africa from South Africa to Tanzania
- Hyphaene reptans Becc. - Somalia, Kenya, Yemen
- Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart. - northeastern, central and western Africa from Egypt to Somalia and west to Senegal and Mauritania; Middle East (Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
