Hyphaene

Hyphaene
	Doum palm in Northern Sudan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Borasseae
Genus:	Hyphaene ; Gaertn.
Species
	H. compressa H.Wendl. ; H. coriacea Gaertn. ; H. dichotoma (J.White Dubl.) Furtado ; H. guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. ; H. macrosperma H.Wendl. ; H. petersiana Klotzsch ex. Mart. ; H. reptans Becc. ; H. thebaica (L.) Mart. ;
Synonyms
	DomaLam.; CuciferaDelile; DoumaPoir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau; ChamaeriphesDill. ex Kuntze;

Last updated April 19, 2025

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".

Species

Hyphaene compressa H.Wendl. - eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Mozambique
Hyphaene coriacea Gaertn. - eastern Africa from South Africa; Madagascar; Juan de Nova Island
Hyphaene dichotoma (J.White Dubl. ex Nimmo) Furtado - India, Sri Lanka
Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. - western and central Africa from Liberia to Angola
Hyphaene macrosperma H.Wendl. - Benin
Hyphaene petersiana Klotzsch ex Mart. - southern and eastern Africa from South Africa to Tanzania
Hyphaene reptans Becc. - Somalia, Kenya, Yemen
Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart. - northeastern, central and western Africa from Egypt to Somalia and west to Senegal and Mauritania; Middle East (Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

References

↑ "Hyphaene". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
1 2 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.

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[1] "Hyphaene". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

[wcsp-2] 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

[3] Kew Palms Checklist: Hyphaene Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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