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Taxon:
Raphia hookeri
G. Mann & H. Wendl.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Raphia
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Calamoideae
Tribe:
Lepidocaryeae
Subtribe:
Raphiinae
Nomen number:
30862
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 24:438. 1864
Verified:
03/22/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Adam, J.-G.
1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Raphia+hookeri&quantity=1
Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield.
2005. World checklist of palms.
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Keay, R. W. J.
1989. Trees of Nigeria
Moore, H. E., Jr.
1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:161.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Russell, T. A.
1965. The raphia palms of West Africa. Kew Bull. 19:181.
Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield.
1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 276.
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Ivory Coast raphia palm –
Reference(s)
wine palm –
Reference(s)
German
Raffiapalme –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Equatorial Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
Native
Africa
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Gabon
,
Equatorial Guinea
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
beverage base
Keay, R. W. J.
1989. Trees of Nigeria
Human food
beverage base
Russell, T. A.
1965. The raphia palms of West Africa. Kew Bull. 19:181.
Human food
beverage base
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materials
cane
Russell, T. A.
1965. The raphia palms of West Africa. Kew Bull. 19:181.
Materials
fiber
Russell, T. A.
1965. The raphia palms of West Africa. Kew Bull. 19:181.
Name
References