Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Hyphaene thebaica

Family	Palmae
Synonyms	Corypha thebaica, Cucifera thebaica, Hyphaene sinaitica
Local name	Doum
Habitat in Egypt	alluvial and sandy soils
Distribution	Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia