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<td>Flowering in the wet season and fruiting in the dry season.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Raphia farinifera, Raphia rufa''</td><td>Raffia palm / Rofia</td><td>Erected palm tree with a trunk covered with leaf sheaths<!-- Blattscheide -->. Compound pinnate leaves with a petiole of about 1.5m and a spine of 2m to 3m. In Ankarafantsika National Park grow Raffia palms with leaves up to 7m long. The main veins are covered by short spines. The small flowers are covered by tubular bracts<!-- röhrenförmige Deckblätter-->, the fruits are oval. The fibrous branches and palm leaves are used for ropes, sticks and various roof coverings. Introduced to Madagascar.</td><td>In wetlands and shallow valleys.</td><td>Flowering in the wet season and fruiting in the dry season. This palm grows on clay-humus.</td></tr>
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