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559.000 Raphia - Raffia palms
Description of the genus
Monoecious trees, the base often bearing aerial roots (see image 3). Leaves pinnate, enormous, the largest in the plant kingdom; leaflets numerous, arranged in 1-several planes. Inflorescences up to 3 m, large, branched. Male flowers: calyx tubular, 3-lobed; corolla with 3 lobes; stamens 6-many. Female flowers: calyx and corolla similar to male; staminodes present; stigmas 3. Fruit bearing glossy brown scales. Worldwide: About 20 species, all but two confined to tropical Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.[VU] | N,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Raphia:
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Flora of Burundi: RaphiaFlora of the DRC: Raphia
Flora of Malawi: Raphia
Flora of Mozambique: Raphia
Flora of Zambia: Raphia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): RaphiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Raphia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Raphia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Raphia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Raphia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Raphia
JSTOR Plant Science: Raphia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Raphia
Plants of the World Online: Raphia
Tropicos: Raphia
Wikipedia: Raphia
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