Raphia palma-pinus (Gaertn.) Hutch.

Raphia palm (en), Palmier raphia (fr)

Species

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Characteristics

The trunk is usually 6-10 ft. high, but sometimes considerably more and several stems may arise from the one rootstock
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A palm. The trunk is 2-3 m high. It develops suckers and forms clump. The fronds are yellowish-green and not shiny.
Bearing fronds distinctively light-green in colour.
Palm forming clumps or thickets
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Wet swamps, either fresh or slightly brackish, near the coast. Often behind mangrove swamps. Lowland swamp and riparian palm, often associated with shady conditions and extremely high rain fall.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet swamps. It grows in the landward side of mangrove swamps.
In fresh or slightly brackish water, abundant in swamps behind the mangrove area
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses fiber material medicinal
Edible fruits saps seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Raphia palma-pinus world distribution map, present in Congo, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Raphia palma-pinus threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669527-1
WFO ID wfo-0000294932
COL ID 4RJZM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sagus palma-pinus Raphia palma-pinus

Lower taxons

Raphia palma-pinus subsp. palma-pinus Raphia palma-pinus subsp. nodostachys Raphia palma-pinus subsp. nodostachys