Taxon:
Raphia vinifera P. Beauv.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. Oware 1:77. 1806
Verified:
03/22/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
- Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms. URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- 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 7:192.
- 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. 19:179.
- St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
- Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 275.
Common names
English
bamboo palm – German
Weinpalme – Swedish
västafrikansk rafiapalm –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
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 | Bioko | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
Native
Africa
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Ghana, Nigeria
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | cane | source of poles | Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. |
Materials | cane | source of poles | Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria |
Materials | cane | source of poles | Russell, T. A. 1965. The raphia palms of West Africa. Kew Bull. 19:179. |