| Hyphaene | |
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| Doum palm in Northern Sudan | |
Scientific classification 
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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. |
| Species[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.[2][3][4]
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".
- ^ "Hyphaene". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]
- ^ Kew Palms Checklist: Hyphaene Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.