Hyphaene

Hyphaene
Doum palm in Northern Sudan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Borasseae
Genus:	Hyphaene Gaertn.
Synonyms
Doma Lam. Cucifera Delile Douma Poir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau Chamaeriphes Dill. ex Kuntze

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.

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