Hyphaene

{{Short description|Genus of palm trees}}

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|image_caption = Doum palm in Northern Sudan

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|taxon = Hyphaene

|authority = Gaertn.

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|synonyms =

• Doma Lam.
• Cucifera Delile
• Douma Poir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau
• Chamaeriphes Dill. ex Kuntze

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• 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.

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Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=101351 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Hyphaene&page=quickSearch Kew Palms Checklist: Hyphaene] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218183840/http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Hyphaene&page=quickSearch |date=2007-02-18 }}Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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".