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Raffia palms are
members of the
genus Raphia. The
Malagasy name
rafia is
derived from fia "to
squeeze juice". The
genus contains about twenty species of...
- Africa,
usually near water, its
range coinciding with that of the oil and
Raffia palms. It is
quite approachable, like many
African vultures, and can be seen...
- (Caryota urens), or oil
palm such as the
African Oil
Palm (Elaeis guineense) or from
Raffia palms,
kithul palms, or nipa
palms. In part of the central...
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Raphia (moth), a
genus of
moths in the
family Noctuidae Raffia palm, the
genus Raphia of
raffia palms Raphia (town), the
Ancient Gr**** name for Rafah, a town...
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Polypropylene raffia, or PP
raffia is a
packaging material made from
weaving ribbons of
oriented polypropylene. It is
named after the
raffia palm,
which the...
- Livistona—Cabbage
palm Mauritia—Moriche
palm Metroxylon—Sago
palm Nypa—Nipa
palm Parajubaea—Bolivian
coconut palms Phoenix—Date
palm Pritchardia Raphia—
Raffia palm Rhapidophyllum...
- sides. The A-shaped roof is
covered in
raffia palm leaves. Present-day
houses are made of
vertical poles with
raffia strips lashed horizontally inside and...
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constructed of dried-mud
bricks placed onto a
bamboo frame and
roofed with
raffia-
palm fronds. In
recent times,
metal roofing has
become increasingly common...
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large enough to use
their quills as
water reservoirs.
Fronds of the
raffia palm may have been
brought to
Kublai Khan
under the
guise of roc's feathers...
- Ògógóró (Ogog'), a
Yoruba word,
usually distilled locally from
fermented Raffia palm tree juice,
where it is
known as the country's homebrew. Today, there...
