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.

Doum nut, the nut of the doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica), native to Upper Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania. Also called the gingerbread palm, the 15.2-metre (50-foot) tree has a slender trunk and smooth branches, each tipped with a …

2016年1月28日 · The legendary Doum palm from North-east Africa was well known to the ancient Egyptians who buried large numbers of the fruits in the tombs of their pharaos. The large seeds germinate easily and readily, and should be planted in deep containers since they produce long 'sinkers' before any top growth is visible.

2024年6月4日 · Also known as the gingerbread fruit, the doum palm fruit is also considered to be a nut for its hard wood-like texture and brown colour. It is extremely drought-tolerant and very resistant to bush fires.

Previous findings showed that doum flour has high functional and nutritional qualities and may be used for a variety of key applications in the food sector. Doum nuts contain antioxidants as well as metabolites like tannins, saponins, steroids, glycosides, terpenes, and terpenoids.

2018年4月3日 · All parts of doum palm have a useful role such as fiber and leaflets which used to weave baskets and doum nuts which have antioxidants and secondary metabolites such as tannins, phenols, saponin, steroids, glycosides, flavonoid, terpenes and terpinoids. Also, roots, stems and leaves are used in medicine, ropes and baskets.

2019年12月15日 · The whole tree of Doum has many benefits, roots, wood, rinds, fibre, leaves, and any parts of the fruit nuts. Traditionally, people consumed it for food supply, building substances, medicine, for local and marketable proposes (Idohou et al. 2016 ).

2018年7月11日 · All parts of doum palm have a useful role such as iber and lealets which used to weave baskets and doum nuts which have antioxidants and secondary metabolites such as tannins, phenols,...

Gingerbread palm, Doum palm Scientific Name: Hyphaene thebaica Family: Arecaceae A tropical plant. It will grow in warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. It will not tolerate frost. It grows in coastal regions. It can grow in arid places. It is found in the drier parts of West Africa. It grows in the Sahel.

2016年9月29日 · Doum nut, also spelled dhoum nut, the nut of the doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica), native to Upper Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania. Also called the gingerbread palm, the 15.2-metre (50-foot) tree has a slender trunk and smooth branches, each tipped with a rosette of small, stiff, green, fanlike leaves.