Doum Palm

An Iconic Plant

The doum or gingerbread palm, Hyphaene thebaica, is a dioecious, usually branched palm of 2, 4, 8, or 16 heads of fan-shaped leaves.

To the peoples of the deserts where doum palms are found, they are a life-sustaining blessing. This indigenous tree isn't killed when leaves are harvested.

Doum palms are perfectly adapted to the regional climate of Kenya. They are drought resistant and can withstand the exceptionally hot, dry and rainless summers and dry winters.