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...

The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza,[citation needed] was fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV...

great variety of hardwoods, two palms, Elaeis guineensis (oil palm) and Raphia vinifera (bamboo palm), not found, generally speaking, in the savanna regions...

) (Hyphaene ventricosa J.Kirk) Borassus aethiopum Mart. Raphia australis Oberm. & Strey Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl. Jubaeopsis afra Becc. Culcasia...

(Elaeis guineensis). Other common plant species include Afzelia, Monotes and Raphia shrubs. Kamuku National Park has an enviable biodiversity profile. It supports...

seasonally flooded freshwater swamp forests which are distinguished by Raphia hookeri (Raphia palm), Mitragyna ciliata (Abura), Nauclea diderrichii (Opepe), Khaya...

they were smaller than the Asian elephants they faced at the Battle of Raphia, but genetic analyses show they were bush elephants. In the Roman Empire...

Pritchardia woodfordiana Raphia australis, Giant palm Raphia longiflora Raphia palma-pinus Raphia sudanica, Northern raphia Rhopaloblaste elegans Satakentia...

the case with Ptolemaic armies: Polybius reports that at the battle of Raphia in 217 BC the elephants of Ptolemy IV carried turrets; these elephants were...

nitida (kola) Prunus africana (African cherry) Khaya anthotheca (East African mahogany) as well as non-timber forest species such as Raphia spp (raffia) Laccosperma...

Phytelephas macrocarpa tagua palm Arecaceae (palm family) Raphia: raphia palm trees Raphia farinifera raffia palm Arecaceae (palm family) Ravenea: ravenea...

Pycreus unioloides (R.Br.) Urb. Quassia undulata (Guill. & Perr.) F.Dietr. Raphia sudanica A.Chev. Raphionacme brownii Scott-Elliot Raphionacme splendens...

not indigenous, cultivated, invasive Phoenix reclinata Jacq. indigenous Raphia australis Oberm. & Strey, indigenous Washingtonia filifera (L.Linden) H...

(Macaranga capensis). The water fig (Ficus verruculosa) and Kosi palm (Raphia australis) are characteristic species in Maputaland. Occurs in favourable...

habitat consists of dry forests and Guinea savanna. The larvae feed on Raphia palma-pinus. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia senegalensis...

Pholidocarpus macrocarpus Pritchardia lowreyana Pritchardia waialealeana Raphia regalis Ravenea glauca Ravenea xerophila Rhopaloblaste augusta Roystonea...

are probably on wing year round. The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata, Raphia farinifera and probably Cocos nucifera. B. o. orientis (southern Somalia...

Plectocomiopsis triquetra Ptychococcus paradoxus Ptychosperma microcarpum Raphia mambillensis Ravenea madagascariensis Ravenea sambiranensis Syagrus picrophylla...

swamps only and they are bordered normally by palm thickets (Phoenix or Raphia on wetter ground) with large areas of sedge marshes (Rhynchospora corymbosa)...

[1803]) Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901) Scrancia leucopera Hampson, 1910 Raphia buchanani Rothschild, 1921 Abrephia gracilis (Rothschild, 1921) Abrephia...

1961 Xanthodonta minima (Hampson, 1910) Stathmopoda ficivora Kasy, 1973 Raphia buchanani Rothschild, 1921 Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887 Eumeta rotunda Bourgogne...