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Common name

English: West African piassava palm

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Arecales (29)

        Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)

          Genus: Raphia (1)

            Epithet: vinifera P. Beauv. (2)

vinifera => wine-bearing

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

External links

Check for Raphia vinifera at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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