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