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Hyphaene
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Hyphaene

Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Makalani Palm

speciesHyphaene petersiana

Ilala palm

speciesHyphaene coriacea

doum palm

speciesHyphaene thebaica

East African doum palm

speciesHyphaene compressa

Hyphaene dichotoma

speciesHyphaene dichotoma

Hyphaene guineensis

speciesHyphaene guineensis

Hyphaene macrosperma

speciesHyphaene macrosperma

Hyphaene reptans

speciesHyphaene reptans

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Hyphaene in Sahara und Sudan: Ergebnisse sechsjähriger Reisen in Afrika, Erster Theil (Tripolis, Fezzan, Tibesti und Bornu)

Sahara und Sudan: Ergebnisse sechsjähriger Reisen in Afrika, Erster Theil (Tripolis, Fezzan, Tibesti und Bornu)

Gustav Nachtigal · n.d. · p.1

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81578.