Hyphaene compressa, also known as the East African doum palm, is a palm tree (family Palmae or Arecaceae) in the genus Hyphaene. It is a tree known for its unique dichotomous branching, unlike most palms which are not branched. [3]

Useful trees and shrubs for Kenya, World Agroforestry Centre. The fruit is a heavily depended on commodity as a source of food by the Turkana in times of food shortage. It is an important source of thatch and handicraft material for the Pokomo and Turkana people.

DESCRIPTION: An unusual branched palm tree, to 25 m, each branch crowned with large, fan-shaped leaves, the tree often surrounded by bushy young growth. BARK: Trunk grey. LEAVES: Have a long spiny stalk support­ ing the fan of leaflets. FLOWERS: Male and female on separate trees. FRUIT: Orange to brown, hanging down

2018年4月3日 · The doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica) is a type palm tree which has a wood texture and has edible oval fruits and the origin native to upper Egypt. The trunk of this small palm is dichotomous. It is one of the most important useful plants in the world.

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.

Local names: Amharic (zembaba), Arabic (dom), English (gingerbread palm,Egyptian doum palm,doum palm), French (palmier doum), Swahili (mkoma), Tigrigna (kambash,arkobkobai) Hyphaene thebaica is a deciduous palm 10-17 m high, with a girth of 90 cm. Trunk is Y-shaped, and the tree is easily recognizable by the dichotomy of its stem forming up to ...

Hyphaene coriacea, the lala palm or ilala palm [1] is a species of palm tree native to the eastern Afrotropics. [2] It occurs in eastern Africa from Somalia to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, and is also found in the coastal flats of Madagascar and on Juan de Nova Island in …

2018年12月10日 · The Hyphaene coriacea Gaertn. (1788) is a variable cespitous dioecious species, solitary at times, usually with 2-6 erect or decumbent stems, up to 7 m long and of 30 cm of diameter, occasionally dicotomically ramified once or …

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2020年6月1日 · Hyphaene compressa (doum palm) exists in arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya. While research in these areas is focusing on new plants to be brought to the areas, there is no focus on doum...