Raphia vs genus Raphia

Raphia and genus Raphia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Raphia	Yes	No	No	No
genus Raphia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Raphia and genus Raphia are synonyms defined as:

Raphia and genus Raphia: feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes

Other synonyms of Raphia include genus Raffia, Raffia.

Raphia (noun)	genus Raphia (noun)
feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes	feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes