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Raphia farinifera
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Raphia Pool, Mohohwa River, Corner, Chimanimani
Picture: Bart Wursten
Raphia Pool, Mohohwa River, Corner, Chimanimani
Picture: Bart Wursten
Raphia Pool, Mohohwa River, Corner, Chimanimani
Picture: Rhett Butler
Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve
Picture: Rhett Butler
Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve
Picture: Rhett Butler
Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve
Picture: Stefaan Dondeyne
Along Mussapa Grande, path going from Machampha to Mahate
Nyabutaye Dambo
feb 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Nyabutaye Dambo
feb 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE 13km.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Raphia
Photo Mike Bingham
Raphia fruit & nut
Lusaka SE 13km.
Photo Mike Bingham
Serenje craftmarket
Photo: Mike Bingham
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Nyabutaye Dambo
Sep 2010
Photo: Mike Bingham
Fruits and nuts
Feb 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Katanga Province, DRC
2009
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Aug 2012
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Synonyms: |
Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart. |
| Common names: | Cibale (Bemba) Fibale (Bemba) Mulili (Lunda) |
| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large, stemless or short-stemmed palm tree. Leaves huge, up to 18 m, pinnate. Flowers unisexual in huge, branched inflorescences. Fruit oblong, with overlapping "polished', golden-brown scales. |
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| Notes: | A tree grown from seed in Lusaka began flowering in its 19th year. Maturation of the nuts followed 4 years later and continued for another 3 years. Eventually the last of the leaves died, and a new sucker sprouted from the base of the dead stem. Conservation status:Widespread but under threat from destructive exploitation and loss of habitat. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Peat dambos and on banks of perennial streams. |
| Altitude range: | 400 - 1400 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; throughout southern tropical Africa, Madagascar. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,Lp,N,Mc,E,C,Lk,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Zophopetes dysmephyla (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 4 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Bingham, M.G. (2007). The Raffia Palm. Black Lechwe 15(2) Pages 16 - 17. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 289. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 50. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 101. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 19. Dransfield, J. (2010). Arecaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Pages 43 - 45. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 232. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 162. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 85. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 46. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 12. As Raphia sp White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 107 - 108. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 81. |
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