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  2. Raffia palm - Wikipedia

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    In local construction, raffia fibres are used for ropes, with branches and leaves providing sticks and supporting beams, and various roof coverings. [2] The people of Ogba kingdom in Rivers State and other southern Nigerians use raffia palm fronds as fishing poles. The frond is usually cut from a young palm tree.

  3. Raphia farinifera - Wikipedia

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    Raphia farinifera is a tropical African palm tree occurring in lowland riparian and swamp forest, also around human habitations and cultivated locations, on stream banks and other moist situations at altitudes of 50–1000 m. [1]

  4. Raphia australis - Wikipedia

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    Raphia australis, the giant palm or rafia, is a species of raffia palm in the family Arecaceae. It is found around Kosi Bay in southern Mozambique and northeastern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa . It is threatened by habitat loss caused by drainage of its habitat for agriculture; it is being threatened in the Bobole Special Reserve but is more ...

  5. Arecaceae - Wikipedia

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    The Torah also references the "70 date palm trees", which symbolize the 70 aspects of Torah that are revealed to those who "eat of its fruit." [32] Arecaceae have great economic importance, including coconut products, oils, dates, palm syrup, ivory nuts, carnauba wax, rattan cane, raffia, and palm wood.

  6. Raphia vinifera - Wikipedia

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    Raphia vinifera, the West African piassava palm, [2] bamboo palm or West African bass fibre [3] is a palm tree species in the genus Raphia.It is native to Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo ( = Zaire = Congo-Kinshasa).

  7. Kongo textiles - Wikipedia

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    The coarse filament stripped from the fronds of the raffia palm tree served as the foundation of the Kongo weaving arts. This material imposed constraints that were overcome to produce varied and ingenious textile formats and structures. Raffia cloth (singular : Lubongo, Libongo, plural : Mbongo; also called Mpusu) was used as currency. [1] [2 ...

  8. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    To make cloth raffia fabric, fibres from raphia palm trees are harvested, the upper skin is stripped and left to dry in the sun. The fibre is then woven into skirts and wraps. Raphia weaving is also concentrated in the eastern part of Madagascar where contemporary haklkat raphia wraps are tie-dyed with multiple colors.

  9. List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family - Wikipedia

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    Raphia: raphia palm trees; Raphia farinifera: raffia palm Arecaceae (palm family) Ravenea: ravenea palm trees; Ravenea rivularis: majesty palm Arecaceae (palm family) Rhapis: rhapis palm trees; Rhapis excelsa: lady palm Arecaceae (palm family) Rhapis humilis: slender lady palm Arecaceae (palm family) Rhopalostylis: rhopalostylis palm trees ...

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