Plant Details

Accepted name:: Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fomby	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
moronda	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
rafia	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
voampiso	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit cone, fruit pulp, leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Raphia pedunculata P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 78 (1806).
Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 217 (1838).
Metroxylon ruffia (Jacq.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 139 (1825).
Raphia kirkii Engl. ex Becc. Webbia 3: 58 (1910).
Raphia kirkii var. grandis Engl. ex Becc. Webbia 3: 64 (1910).
Raphia kirkii var. longicarpa Engl. ex Becc. Webbia 3: 63 (1910).
Raphia lyciosa Comm. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 217 (1841).
Raphia polymita Comm. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 217 (1841).
Raphia tamatavensis Sadeb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 354 (1905).
Sagus farinifera Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 186 (1791).
Sagus pedunculata (P.Beauv.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 13 (1817).
Sagus ruffia Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 7 (1800).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Raphia farinifera	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hylander	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Raphia pedunculata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Raphia pedunculata Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Raphia ruffia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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