bamboo-palm

The material, which an old traveller says is of “leaves interwoven not contemptibly with one another,” is a grass growing everywhere on the hills, plaited and attached to strips of cane or bamboo-palm (Raphia vinifera); the gable

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The outer walls are of bamboo-palm fronds, the partitions are of bamboo-palm matting, and the roofs are of bamboo-palm thatch.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

I had also a thirty-gallon cask of plants preserved in spirits, two boxes well stuffed, a large case of orchids, and a raceme of the bamboo-palm (_Raphia vinifera_), whose use has still to be found.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

The settlement is surrounded by a palisade of fronds stripped from the bamboo-palm and strengthened by posts; the latter put forth green shoots as soon as stuck in the ground, and recall memories of Robinson Crusoe.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855