Editing Raphia farinifera

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[[File:Raphia_farinifera02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. Mature ''R. farinifera'' and the people who live under them.]]
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===Common Names: ===
Rafia Palm

===Distribution & Habitat: ===
The edges of rivers and lakes in Madagascar and East Africa.

===Description: ===
A very spectacular palm, with a trunk to about 10 m.
The leaves up to 20 m long,
(amongst the largest in the plant kingdom), point almost upright.
The stems are monocarpic, (see
flowering farinifera).

===General: ===
These palms are the source of raffia fibre,
which is made from the leaf bases.

===Cultivation: ===
These palms like very wet feet, and a tropical or sub-tropical climate.
They are best suited to parks or large gardens, because of their
very large size.
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[[File:Raphia_farinifera.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''R. farinifera'' in habitat]]
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[[File:Raphia_farinifera03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''R. farinifera'']]
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[[File:Raphia_farinifera04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''R. farinifera'' fruits.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Jeff Nugent,
'''Permaculture Plants''' (Figure 1,2,3&4)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Raphia%20farinifera Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/ad257d69-9f37-4f9c-a1fe-7b25e8a1a139 PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Raphia+farinifera JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Raphia+farinifera Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Raphia+farinifera%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Raphia+farinifera%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Raphia+farinifera Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Raphia+farinifera%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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