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Internal ID UUID643feab9726c4234013749
Scientific name Raphia vinifera
Authority P.Beauv.
First published in Fl. Oware 1: 77 (1806)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Metroxylon viniferum Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 139 (1825)
Raphia vinifera var. nigerica Otedoh J. Nigerian Inst. Oil Palm Res. 6(22): 161 (1982)
Sagus vinifera Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 562 (1807)
Raphia mambillensis Otedoh J. Nigerian Inst. Oil Palm Res. 6(22): 163 (1982)
Sagus raphia Poir. Encycl. 6: 395 (1805)
Sagus vinifera (P.Beauv.) Poir. Encycl., Suppl. 5(1): 13 1817

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Language Common/alternative name
English west african piassava palm
English african wine palm
English bamboo palm
English african bamboo palm
Arabic رافية الخمر
Bulgarian Африканска винена палма
Czech rafie vínodárná
Persian نخل خیزران
French palmier raphia
Upper Sorbian wšědna winowa palma
Japanese サケラフィア
Lithuanian vyninė rafija
Norwegian Bokmål vinpalme
Chinese 象鼻棕
Chinese 酒椰
Zulu umvuma

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- Native
  • Africa
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000294951
USDA Plants RAVI2
Tropicos 2401223
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669541-1
The Plant List kew-176754
PFAF Raphia vinifera
Open Tree Of Life 3948747
NCBI Taxonomy 1966430
IUCN Red List 95366816
IPNI 669541-1
iNaturalist 365982
GBIF 5293243
Freebase /m/0cnzxb8
EPPO RAJVI
EOL 1132010
USDA GRIN 30868
Wikipedia Raphia_vinifera
Tropicos 2401508
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900746-1
The Plant List kew-176726
Open Tree Of Life 3948749
IUCN Red List 44393396
IPNI 900746-1
iNaturalist 141464
GBIF 5293248
EOL 1132022

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A time of decline: An eco-anthropological and ethnohistorical investigation of mpox in the Central African Republic Duda R, Betoulet JM, Besombes C, Mbrenga F, Borzykh Y, Nakouné E, Giles-Vernick T PLOS Glob Public Health 22-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10959331
doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0002937
PMID:38517925
In vitro activities and mechanisms of action of anti-cancer molecules from African medicinal plants: a systematic review Adico MD, Bayala B, Zoure AA, Lagarde A, Bazie JT, Traore L, Buñay J, Yonli AT, Djigma F, Bambara HA, Baron S, Simporé J, Lobaccaro JM Am J Cancer Res 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10998760
doi:10.62347/AUHB5811
PMID:38590420
Plastome structure, phylogenomic analyses and molecular dating of Arecaceae Chen DJ, Landis JB, Wang HX, Sun QH, Wang Q, Wang HF Front Plant Sci 27-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9552784
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.960588
PMID:36237503
Botanical from the Fruits Mesocarp of Raphia vinifera Displays Antiproliferative Activity and Is Harmless as Evidenced by Toxicological Assessments Nguenang GS, Mbaveng AT, Bonsou IN, Chi GF, Kuete V Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8983201
doi:10.1155/2022/4831261
PMID:35392644
Natural Products as Inducers of Non-Canonical Cell Death: A Weapon against Cancer Greco G, Catanzaro E, Fimognari C Cancers (Basel) 15-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7830727
doi:10.3390/cancers13020304
PMID:33467668
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
Aphrodisiac property of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Raphia vinifera (Arecaceae) in sexually experienced male rats Watcho P, Lih F, Brice Defo Deeh P, Wankeu-Nya M, Ngadjui E, Romeo Fozing Bonsou G, Kamanyi A, Kamtchouing P Int J Reprod Biomed 29-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6719515
doi:10.18502/ijrm.v17i6.4813
PMID:31508566
The physiological cold tolerance of warm-climate plants is correlated with their latitudinal range limit Wen Y, Qin DW, Leng B, Zhu YF, Cao KF Biol Lett 29-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6127113
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0277
PMID:30158139
ConR: An R package to assist large‐scale multispecies preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data Dauby G, Stévart T, Droissart V, Cosiaux A, Deblauwe V, Simo‐Droissart M, Sosef MS, Lowry PP II, Schatz GE, Gereau RE, Couvreur TL Ecol Evol 16-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5743656
doi:10.1002/ece3.3704
PMID:29299301
Global-change vulnerability of a key plant resource, the African palms Blach-Overgaard A, Balslev H, Dransfield J, Normand S, Svenning JC Sci Rep 27-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4515823
doi:10.1038/srep12611
PMID:26211732
Ritual uses of palms in traditional medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: a review Gruca M, van Andel TR, Balslev H J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4222890
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-60
PMID:25056559
Cameroonian Medicinal Plants: Pharmacology and Derived Natural Products Kuete V, Efferth T Front Pharmacol 25-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC3153003
doi:10.3389/fphar.2010.00123
PMID:21833168

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