Hyphaene thebaica, with common names doum palm (Arabic: دوم) and gingerbread tree (also mistakenly doom palm), is a type of palm tree with edible oval fruit. It is native to the Arabian Peninsula and also to the northern half and western part of Africa where it is widely distributed and tends to grow in places where groundwater is present.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Doum palm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Hyphaene
- Species
- Hyphaene thebaica
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