Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Raphia australis Oberm. & Strey
ENGLISH : Kosi palm, Raphia palm, Kosi raphia palm.
FRENCH : Raphia d'Afrique du sud.
Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.
SYNONYM(S) : Raphia pedunculata P. Beauv. , Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart. , Sagus farinifera Gaertn. , Sagus ruffia Jacq.
CHINESE : La jiu zong.
DANISH : Raffiapalme.
ENGLISH : Madagascar raffia palm, East African wine palm, Raffia palm, Raffia (fiberous string).
FRENCH : Palmier à raphia, Palmier de Mayotte, Raphia (fiber), Raphia commun.
GERMAN : Bastpalme, Raffiapalme, Raffiaweinpalme.
ITALIAN : Raffia, Palma raffia.
JAPANESE : Rafia yashi.
SPANISH : Rafia.
Raphia
gaertneri G. Mann & H.
Wendl. -> Raphia vinifera P.
Beauv.
Raphia hookeri G. Mann & H. Wendl.
ENGLISH : Ivory Coast raffia palm, Wine palm.
FRENCH : Palmier à vin de la Côte d'Ivoire.
Raphia laurentii De Wild.
FRENCH : Raphia cultivé du Zaïre.
Raphia
longiflora G. Mann & H.
Wendl.
CHINESE : Chang hua la jiu zong.
ENGLISH : Long-flowered raffia palm.
Raphia pedunculata
P. Beauv. -> Raphia
farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.
Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart.
-> Raphia farinifera
(Gaertn.) Hyl.
Raphia sudanica A. Chev.
ENGLISH : Ivory Coast wine palm.
FRENCH : Palmier à vin de la Côte d'Ivoire.
Raphia taedigera (Mart.) Mart.
SYNONYM(S) : Sagus taedigera Mart.
ENGLISH : Pinecone palm, Yolillo palm.
FRENCH : Raphia d'Amazonie, Raphia du Brésil.
SYNONYM(S) : Raphia gaertneri G. Mann & H. Wendl.
DANISH : Vinpalme.
DUTCH : Wijnpalm.
ENGLISH : African bamboo palm, African wine palm, Bamboo palm, Wine palm.
FRENCH : Palmier à vin, Palmier bambou.
GERMAN : Echte Weinpalme.
ITALIAN : Raffia vinifera.
PORTUGUESE : Jupaty (Brazil).
EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)
Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
P. C. S. F. 1998 - 2001, Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida, Inc. Photo gallery of palms, Virtual Palm Encyclopedia (with botanical name - no authority name and English common names). < http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/vpe_photos.htm > .
USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?raphia (24 December 2001).
Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.
Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).
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