Arecaceae
Raffia palm
Raphia farinifera
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Raphia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 粉酒椰
- English
- Raffia palm, East African wine palm, Madagascar raffia palm
- Estonian
- Madagaskari raffiapalm
- Lithuanian
- Didžialapė rafija
- Slovenian
- Madagaskarska rafija, Palma rafija
- Tamil
- ஊசிமடற் பனை, ராப்பியா ரூப்பியா
Synonyms
- Metroxylon ruffia (Jacq.) Spreng.
- Raphia kirkii Engl. ex Becc.
- Raphia kirkii var. grandis Engl. ex Becc.
- Raphia kirkii var. longicarpa Engl. ex Becc.
- Raphia lyciosa Comm. ex Kunth
- Raphia pedunculata P.Beauv.
- Raphia polymita Comm. ex Kunth
- Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart.
- Raphia tamatavensis Sadeb.
- Sagus farinifera Gaertn.
- Sagus pedunculata (P.Beauv.) Poir.
- Sagus ruffia Jacq.
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Verina Verina Ingram, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: susan brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: susan brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rob Jarvis00, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: louis_aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: m_d, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: m_d, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: m_d, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Raphia
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- Pinecone palmRaphia taedigeraArecaceae
- Raphia regalisArecaceae
- Raphia monbuttorumArecaceae
- Raphia africanaArecaceae
- Raphia laurentiiArecaceae
- Long-flowered raffia palmRaphia longifloraArecaceae
- Raphia palma-pinusArecaceae
- Raphia ruwenzoricaArecaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.