Editing Hyphaene thebaica

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[[File:Hyphaene_thebaica02.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''H. thebaica'' in habitat, north Africa.]]
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===Common Names:===
Doum Palm,<br/>
Gingerbread Palm<br/>

===Distribution:===
Coastal north-eastern Africa

===Habitat:===
Open grasslands, and desert.

===Description:===
A very distinctive fan palm which is one of the few palms which branches.

===General:===
The ancient Egyptians buried large numbers of this species fruits
in the tombs of their pharaos.

===Culture:===
Sunny, very well drained position. Can tolerate temperate clmates,
but prefers it hot. It can tolerate lots of water as well, as long
as the drainage is good (there is a very large Doum palm in the
Singapore Botanic Gardens). Very drought tolerant.
When planting the seed, make sure to use a very deep pot,
since the seed sends down a very long trap root, or "sinker".
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[[File:Hyphaene_thebaica03.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''H. thebaica'']]
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[[File:Hyphaene_thebaica.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''H. thebaica'', Kameram, north Africa.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Peter v. Sengbusch (Figure 1,2&3)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Hyphaene%20thebaica Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/00675659-67a6-425b-8771-17efd42ebf4b PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Hyphaene+thebaica JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Hyphaene+thebaica Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Hyphaene+thebaica%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Hyphaene+thebaica%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Hyphaene+thebaica Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Hyphaene+thebaica%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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