Herbaria

Family

Palmae (Arecaceae)

subfamily

Genus

Hyphaene Gartn.

Species

Hyphaene thebaica (L.)Mart.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.)Mart.

citation

Hist. Palm.3:225, t. 131-133 (1838-1845)

herbariaSynonyms

Corypha thebaica L.

Cucifera thebaica Delile

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nn- Da- On)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

CAIA(Edfo: wadi El Gemal between Mersa Alam & Hamata Salty soils)

herbariaDate

CAIA(20/Oct/1956)

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIA

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (9)

CAIA(1)

Habitat

alluvial and sandy soil, Nile and canal banks

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Doum دوم

EnglishName

Doum Palm/ gingerbread tree

herbariaUses

ornamental

fruit edible

medicinal

soft drink

timber used for making doors, water pipes ….etc.

GlobalDistribution

Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibuti

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

LC (global)

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Tackholm, V. and Drar, M. 1950. Flora of Egypt vol. 2. Bull. Fac. Sci. no. 28