''Raphia vinifera'', the West African
piassava palm, bamboo palm or West African bass fibre is a palm tree species in the genus ''
Raphia''. It is native to
Benin,
Gambia
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,
Ghana,
Nigeria,
Togo,
Central African Republic,
Cameroon,
Ghana, and
Democratic Republic of the Congo ( =
Zaire =
Congo-Kinshasa
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). It is particularly abundant along the creeks of
Niger Delta,
Cross River,
Lagos and
Ikorodu in
Nigeria.
The nut contains bitter oil, which has the property of
stupefying
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fish.
[Otedoh, M.O. 1982. Journal of the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research 6(22): 161, ''Raphia vinifera'' var. ''nigerica'']
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vinifera
Flora of Benin
Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flora of the Gambia
Flora of Ghana
Flora of Nigeria
Flora of Togo
Flora of the Central African Republic
Flora of Cameroon
Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois