| Hyphaene thebaica | |
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| Doum Palm in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Hyphaene |
| Species: | H. thebaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphaene thebaica | |
Hyphaene thebaica, with common names doum palm (Ar: دوم) and gingerbread tree (also mistakenly doom palm), is a type of palm tree with edible oval fruit. It is a native to the Arabian Peninsula and also to the northern half and western part of Africa[2] where it is widely distributed and tends to grow in places where groundwater is present.
- ^ Cosiaux, A., Gardiner, L.M. & Couvreur, T.L.P. (2017). Hyphaene thebaica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T19017230A95306916. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T19017230A95306916.en. Downloaded on 28 September 2018.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.