Raphia hookeri

Native Range

Native Continent

Africa

Africa

Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Angola

Natural Habitat

Lowland coastal freshwater swamps, where it can grow in water up to 1 metre deep, and river banks. The soils of Nigerian freshwater swamps are light textured and generally acidic.