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Hyphaene is a genus of fan palms from Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East and India, best known in cultivation through the Doum palm (H. thebaica). Unlike most palms, they branch naturally, so the trunk forks into several heads; they grow best in full sun with plenty of heat and room to spread.
Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.
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.
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