Raphia australis
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643feab775078244252606 |
| Scientific name | Raphia australis |
| Authority | Oberm. & Strey |
| First published in | Bothalia 10: 29 (1969) |
Description Top
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Raphia australis, the giant palm or rafia, is a species of raffia palm in the family Arecaceae. It is found around Kosi Bay in southern Mozambique and northeastern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. It is a large palm with a single trunk, growing to a height of 24 m (80 ft). The leaves are long and arching, the bases of the leaf stalks sheathing the trunk. It flowers when it is between twenty and forty years old, sets fruit and dies, although the dying process may take up to three years. The tree has specialised aerial roots known as pneumatophores to help it to breathe. The seeds are eaten and dispersed by the palm-nut vulture. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by drainage of its habitat for agriculture; it is being threatened in the Bobole Special Reserve but is more secure in the Kosi Bay area.
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | giant palm |
| English | kosi palm |
| English | rafia |
| Afrikaans | kosipalm |
| Arabic | رافية جنوبية |
| ts | milala |
| Chinese | 南非酒椰 |
| Chinese | 澳洲象鼻棕 |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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South Tropical Africa
- Mozambique
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
- Kwazulu-Natal
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South Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000294894 |
| Tropicos | 100250596 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669499-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-176699 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3948753 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1237789 |
| IUCN Red List | 30359 |
| IPNI | 669499-1 |
| iNaturalist | 365973 |
| GBIF | 5293234 |
| Freebase | /m/02w0nms |
| EOL | 1132028 |
| USDA GRIN | 30860 |
| Wikipedia | Raphia_australis |
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| Microstructural Surface Properties of Drifting Seeds—A Model for Non-Toxic Antifouling Solutions | Clasen A, Kesel AB | Biomimetics (Basel) | 13-May-2019 |
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |