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[1]
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[2]
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.^[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 ‘’

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)