Arecaceae FAMILY

Hyphaene thebaica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Doum palm is a tall, multi-stemmed evergreen palm tree growing slowly up to an ultimate height of around 15 metres. The stem can be 15cm in diameter[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. This is a very distinctive species since it is one of the few palms that produces side branches[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. The doum palm has been cultivated for its various uses for thousands of years in Egypt. An important local food source, the plant is also utilised for medicine and various other commodities by the local people.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Mauritania and Senegal to Egypt, Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan.

HabitatOpen grasslands and desert[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ].