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Raphia farinifera

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID643feab78d8e0155309603
Scientific name Raphia farinifera
Authority (Gaertn.) Hylander
First published in Lustgården 31-32: 88 (1952)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Metroxylon ruffia Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 139 (1825)
Raphia kirkii Engl. ex Becc. Webbia 3: 58 (1910)
Raphia kirkii var. grandis Engl. ex Becc. Webbia 3: 64. 1910
Raphia kirkii var. longicarpa Engl. ex Becc. Webbia 3: 63. 1910
Raphia lyciosa Comm. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 217 (1841)
Raphia pedunculata P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 78 (1806)
Raphia polymita Comm. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 217 (1841)
Raphia ruffia Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 217 (1838)
Raphia tamatavensis Sadeb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 354. 1905 (1905)
Sagus farinifera Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 186 (1791)
Sagus pedunculata Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 5: 13 (1817)
Sagus ruffia Jacq. Fragm. Bot. : 7 (1800)

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Language Common/alternative name
English raffia palm
English east african wine palm
English madagascar raffia palm
Estonian madagaskari raffiapalm
Lithuanian didžialapė rafija
Slovenian madagaskarska rafija
Slovenian palma rafija
Tamil ராப்பியா ரூப்பியா
Tamil ஊசிமடற் பனை
Chinese 粉酒椰

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000294899
USDA Plants RAFA5
Tropicos 2401171
INPN 630530
Flora of Italy 9194
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669503-1
The Plant List kew-176703
PFAF Raphia farinifera
Open Tree Of Life 343756
Observations.org 409046
NCBI Taxonomy 93338
IUCN Red List 95366641
IPNI 669503-1
iNaturalist 362997
GBIF 5293210
Freebase /m/0131vnkp
EPPO RAJFA
EOL 1132027
Elurikkus 506252
USDA GRIN 70541
Wikipedia Raphia_farinifera

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses Fedurek P, Asiimwe C, Rice GK, Akankwasa WJ, Reynolds V, Hobaiter C, Kityo R, Muhanguzi G, Zuberbühler K, Crockford C, Cer RZ, Bennett AJ, Rothman JM, Bishop-Lilly KA, Goldberg TL Commun Biol 22-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11035629
doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06139-z
PMID:38649441
Isolation and identification of metallotolerant bacteria with a potential biotechnological application Parades-Aguilar J, Calderon K, Agustin-Salazar S, Cerruti P, Ambrogi V, Gamez-Meza N, Medina-Juarez LA Sci Rep 13-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10864330
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-54090-0
PMID:38351239
A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10812860
doi:10.1080/13880209.2024.2305453
PMID:38270178
Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review Pereira DS, Phillips AJ J Fungi (Basel) 19-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10672035
doi:10.3390/jof9111121
PMID:37998926
New Plants, New Resources, New Knowledge: Early Introductions of Exotic Plants to Indigenous Territories in Northwestern North America Turner NJ Plants (Basel) 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490097
doi:10.3390/plants12173087
PMID:37687334
Core–Shell Fe3O4@C Nanoparticles for the Organic Dye Adsorption and Targeted Magneto-Mechanical Destruction of Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma Cells Ivanova OS, Edelman IS, Lin CR, Svetlitsky ES, Sokolov AE, Lukyanenko KA, Sukhachev AL, Shestakov NP, Chen YZ, Spivakov AA Materials (Basel) 20-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9821792
doi:10.3390/ma16010023
PMID:36614361
Wild Chimpanzee Welfare: A Focus on Nutrition, Foraging and Health to Inform Great Ape Welfare in the Wild and in Captivity Gerstner KF, Pruetz JD Animals (Basel) 30-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9735707
doi:10.3390/ani12233370
PMID:36496890
Influence of urbanisation on phytodiversity and some soil properties in riverine wetlands of Bamenda municipality, Cameroon Asongwe GA, Bame IB, Ndam LM, Orock AE, Tellen VA, Bumtu KP, Tening AS Sci Rep 17-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9671897
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-23278-7
PMID:36396685
My life with primates Reynolds V Primates 15-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9646594
doi:10.1007/s10329-022-01025-w
PMID:36241937
Raphia-Microorganism Composite Biosorbent for Lead Ion Removal from Aqueous Solutions Staroń P, Chwastowski J Materials (Basel) 06-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8659271
doi:10.3390/ma14237482
PMID:34885636
Chemical Composition, Nutrient Quality and Acceptability of Edible Insects Are Affected by Species, Developmental Stage, Gender, Diet, and Processing Method Meyer-Rochow VB, Gahukar RT, Ghosh S, Jung C Foods 10-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8150737
doi:10.3390/foods10051036
PMID:34068654
Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity Matsunaga KK, Smith SY Am J Bot 23-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC8048450
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1616
PMID:33624301
Effect of Chemical Treatment and Length of Raffia Fiber (Raphia vinifera) on Mechanical Stiffening of Polyester Composites de Oliveira Filho EG, da Luz FS, Fujiyama RT, da Silva AC, Candido VS, Monteiro SN Polymers (Basel) 03-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7761772
doi:10.3390/polym12122899
PMID:33287314
Unraveling the Phylogenomic Relationships of the Most Diverse African Palm Genus Raphia (Calamoideae, Arecaceae) Helmstetter AJ, Kamga SM, Bethune K, Lautenschläger T, Zizka A, Bacon CD, Wieringa JJ, Stauffer F, Antonelli A, Sonké B, Couvreur TL Plants (Basel) 23-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7238857
doi:10.3390/plants9040549
PMID:32340211
Wild edible plants and mushrooms of the Bamenda Highlands in Cameroon: ethnobotanical assessment and potentials for enhancing food security Fongnzossie EF, Nyangono CF, Biwole AB, Ebai PN, Ndifongwa NB, Motove J, Dibong SD J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7055030
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00362-8
PMID:32131859

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