Hyphaene Species, African Doum Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm

I have a large beautiful Gingerbread Palm for sale. It has 6 total trunks. It started out with two main and when I planted it, it was onl...Read Morey 2’ tall. The overall height is around 20’-25’. It has been growing for at least 15-17 years now. It’s one of my favorites in my yard. I am going through a divorce and my wife wants a forced sale of our house. I have a friend who can dig it up and move it. There would be a delivery charge, the cost to dig it up, and the purchase of the Palm. If you would like to see pictures, please pm me and I will send pics. I guarantee you won’t find one this big or nice as what I have.

This species has long intrigued me -- not only for its prominence in the culture and art of ancient Egypt, and its (almost) unique habit,...Read More but also for its xerophytic qualities, its use for food, and it pharmacological and ethnobotanical interest, which is considerable.

The seeds are sometimes available through the German firm, RarePalmsSeeds.com (they also have had seeds for H. coriacea, though at present they're out of any of the Hyphaene species).

I have, however, had the fortune to find a seedling online: at Surf City Palms of Huntington Beach, CA-- the proprietor, Jerod, had one he was willing to part with. And though it was pricey, it was totally worth it-- a beautiful 2' seedling with three mature leaves, sent perfectly packed by mail. (If you wish to do business with Jerod, the email is Jerod@surfcitypalms.com )

Spring Hill, where I live, is right at the periphery of the hardiness area for this palm, but I am going to give it the old college try: in a well-raised, well-draining, sundrenched spot...
will keep everyone apprised of how it progresses!

Take care
John M/Spring Hill, FL

An attractive palm native to Madagascar and southeastern Africa, this unusual and interesting-appearing palm grows in semi-arid areas. I ...Read Morereally like the branching trunk and fronds. I'm not sure how to grow this plant and have not seen it in cultivation since I only got this reference from Betrock's Cultivated Palms of The World, so if anyone else knows more about it, please tell me because I'm pretty interested in it and want to know more about it! Thanks!

This is a remarkable palm, not nearly grown often enough in cultivation. It is one of the few truly branching species of palm. Maybe yo...Read Moreu saw glimpses of it in 'Survivor Africa' because I did. It grows quite tall, survives on very little rain water (needs ground water- but has very deep roots to get it), and has multiple branching stems, all about the same diameter, topped with a relatively sparse head of large, blue-grey-green costapalmate, stiff leaves. Here in Southern California where this palm does quite well, it is too slow growing to say if it will someday branch multiple times like it does in the tropics or its native Africa. Up closle the stems and petioles have a lot of tomentum and nice colors- pinks, yellows, black and browns. Along with the blue-grey leaves it is one of the more subtly colorful palms for Southern California and S Florida.

For those who watched 'Survivor- AFrica' this palm was often seen in the background.