Hyphaene compressaH.Wendl.

WFO wfo-0000216226 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Hyphaene compressa, photographed by Claude Kolwelter
fig. a Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-15 / obs. 161730438
Hyphaene compressa, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. b Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49917032
Hyphaene compressa, photographed by Adam Kranz
fig. c Adam Kranz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 37721054
Hyphaene compressa, photographed by desertnaturalist
fig. d desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68053180
Hyphaene compressa, photographed by Joan Willson
fig. e Joan Willson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205053832
Hyphaene compressa, photographed by Joan Willson
fig. f Joan Willson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205053817
Hyphaene compressa, photographed by Joan Willson
fig. g Joan Willson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205053849

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Hyphaene compressa is native: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania EthiopiaKenyaMozambiqueSomaliaTanzania
Native distribution of Hyphaene compressa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Ethiopia ETH AFRICA
Kenya KEN
Mozambique MOZ
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chamaeriphes compressa (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
  • Hyphaene benadirensis Becc.
  • Hyphaene incoje Furtado
  • Hyphaene kilvaensis (Becc.) Furtado
  • Hyphaene mangoides Becc.
  • Hyphaene megacarpa Furtado
  • Hyphaene multiformis Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. ambigua Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. compressa (H.Wendl.) Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. deformis Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. diminuta Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. gibbosa Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. intermedia Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. kilvaensis Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. macrocarpa Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. mahengensis Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. manca Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. morogorensis Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. moshiensis Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. nasuta Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. obconica Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. obesa Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. odorata Becc.
  • Hyphaene multiformis subsp. panganensis Becc.

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.