Arecaceae
Doum palm
Hyphaene thebaica
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Hyphaene
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- دوم طيبة, الأبلم, الخزم, الخشل, الخضلاف, الدوم, السويق, بيسه الحشف
- arz
- دوم طيبه
- Bambara
- Nsimini
- Bangla
- দৌম গাছ
- Catalan
- Palmera tebaica, Palmera dom
- Chinese
- 杜姆棕櫚樹, 埃及叉干棕, 埃及姜饼棕, 埃及薑果棕
- Czech
- Duma thébská
- English
- Doum palm, Dom palm, Egyptian doum palm, Gingerbread palm
- Esperanto
- Dumpalmo
- Finnish
- Egyptinhaarapalmu
- French
- Palmier doum d'Égypte, Palmier doum d'Egypte, Vrai doum
- grc
- Κόϊξ
- Greek
- Φοίνικας Ντουμ
- Hebrew
- דום מצרי, דקל דום
- Indonesian
- Buah zuriat
- Japanese
- テベスドームヤシ
- Korean
- 둠야자
- Lithuanian
- Tėbinė hifenė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dumpalme
- Persian
- نخل دوم
- Tamil
- கிளைப்பனை
Synonyms
- Chamaeriphes crinita (Gaertn.) Kuntze
- Chamaeriphes thebaica (L.) Kuntze
- Corypha thebaica L.
- Cucifera thebaica (L.) Delile
- Douma thebaica (L.) Poir.
- Hyphaene baikieana Furtado
- Hyphaene crinita Gaertn.
- Hyphaene cuciphera Pers.
- Hyphaene dahomeensis Becc.
- Hyphaene dankaliensis Becc.
- Hyphaene nodularia Becc.
- Hyphaene occidentalis Becc.
- Hyphaene santoana Furtado
- Hyphaene sinaitica Furtado
- Hyphaene togoensis Dammer ex Becc.
- Hyphaene tuleyana Furtado
- Palma thebaica (L.) Jacq.
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Dali, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Haberlah, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefano Menchetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.