What is Hyphaen?
People often refer to the palms that belong to the Hyphaene family of the Arecaceae family as Doum Palms. The genus Hyphaene contains about 10 types of palms that come from parts of Africa, the Arabian peninsula and the area of India and Sri Lanka. Palms can have different domestic and healing benefits depending on the species. Landscapes Xeriscaping or dry-tolerant landscaping choose for their ability to survive in poor or exhausted soils.
Some palms such as h. Thebaica and h. Coriacea , to provide food, drink and livelihood for local natives. People harvest almost all parts of these palms. Many craftsmen use fibers and leaves for tissues of baskets, mats and other items they sell. Plants do not kill plants by harvesting leaves. The natives often carve and sell seeds that resemble ivory. For a species that has edible fruit, people usually cook it in cakes and the like. Usually natives eatGerminating seeds of some species, similar to the way people eat beans. The fruit generally has a sweet and sour taste and children often eat it as a treatment. In some regions, people cook it like tea.
Medicinely many herbalists uses fruit h. Thebaica palm treat hypertension, diabetes and other health problems. In early 2010, scientists from Egyptian University of Mansour studied the effects of extracts from the palm. They found that it had reduced high blood pressure, lowered bad cholesterol and increased good cholesterol. Multiple studies can detect more benefits. Archaeologists have found the seeds of the palms in the tombs of Pharaoh, which may indicate that the ancient Egyptians used them healing.
commonly call h. Coriacea The Doum Palm, although many people call all the palms in the family of Hyphaene by this name. Growers usually refer to h. Thebaica palm like a gingerbread palm or AfricKá or Egyptian palm doum. East African h. Compressa is known as the East African double palm.
Hyphaene palms have leaves in the shape of a fan. The leaves usually range from about 12 to 32 inches (30 to 80 cm) long and are gray-green or blue-green with scaly black hair. The flowers are small, in the shape of a bowl and have three petals. They usually move in color from light green or white along yellow.
Trunky Doum Palm differs to the species. Some are without cutters, others have creeping stems like trunks and others are upright palms with branches. The upright palms differ in height. h. Coriacea can reach heights of about 15 feet (about 5 m), while h. Thebaica can grow to 20 or 30 feet (about 6 to 10 m) high.
Landscapes and Garders grow creeping, without stem variety as a ground cover. They often grow upright palms like samples plants. Some species tolerate the greenhouse environment. Growers spread the palms of sowing seeds that can bI will be difficult to germinate. Most landscape painters buy kindergartens.