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Taxon:
Raphia sudanica
A. Chev.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Raphia
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Calamoideae
Tribe:
Lepidocaryeae
Subtribe:
Raphiinae
Nomen number:
103071
Place of publication:
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55(Mém. 8b):95. 1908
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
No images
Reference(s)
Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield.
2005. World checklist of palms.
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Jones, D. L.
1994. Palms throughout the world
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Keay, R. W. J.
1989. Trees of Nigeria
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
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.
Common names
English
Ivory Coast wine palm –
Reference(s)
northern raphia palm –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Burkina Faso
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Gambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
Native
Africa
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Burkina Faso
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Gambia
,
Mali
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
beverage base
for palm wine fide Kew Bull 19:183. 1965
Russell, T. A.
1965. The raphia palms of West Africa. Kew Bull. 19:181.
Name
References