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Genus: Raphia
Life
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Chloroplastida
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family:
Arecaceae
About 28 species,
native to tropical Africa and Madagascar and also one species native to
South America. Two species are native to southern Africa:
Raphia
australis (Kosi palm) and Raphia farinifera (Raffia
palm).
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
References
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Palgrave, K.C. and Palgrave, M.C. 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. 3rd
Edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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