Somali Palm Trees

[Prime Minister]

This tree is native to Somalia. It's called phoenix caespitosa. It only grows up to 3 meters tall.

 

[Prime Minister]

The palm tree grown in Somalia is phoenix dactylifera it's not native but produces dates.

 

[Apollo]

Hyphaene compressa is a pretty cool one:

 

[Prime Minister]

Hyphaene compressa is a pretty cool one:

This tree grows in the Jubbas but I don't know its name.

 

[TooClean]

Livistona carinensis - Native to Somaliland/Somalia & Djibouti

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

This tree grows in the Jubbas but I don't know its name.

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coconut trees
it also grows in shabeellooyinka

 

[Apollo]

Hyphaene compressa is a pretty cool one:

The East African doum palm has many different names in native African languages. Boni (Medi); Chonyi (Mkoma); Digo (Mkoma lume); Gabra (Meetti); Giriama (Mlala); Kamba (Mukoma); Kambe (Mkoma); Mbeere (Irara); Orma (Kone); Pokomo (Mkoma); Pokot (Tangayiween); Rendile (Baar); Samburu (Iparwa); Sanya (Auwaki); Somali (Baar); Swahili (Mkoma, Mlala); Taveta (Irara); Tharaka (Muruguyu); Turkana (Eeng'ol) [2]

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Some Suugo Linguistics while we are at it. Rendille have the Somali word for it, while the Oromized Gabra (but said to be Garre Somali related) and the Somali related Boni have another word for it. Odd.

 

[Prime Minister]

Cocos nucifera

Coastal settlements. River banks, eg. Koryoli, Janaale, Jiliib - lower end of rivers. Kismayo town has many coconut trees growing on its sandy streets.

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

Mogadishu Street Palms in the making

 

[Yahya]

Grows on Somali soil. Lovely tree. But haunted looking tho.