Rhaphidophora is a genus in the family Araceae, occurring from tropical Africa eastwards through Malesia and Australasia to the Western Pacific.

The flowers produce many, ellipsoid, straight seeds with a brittle and smooth outer coat (testa).

These are hemiepiphytes, plants capable of beginning life as a seed and sending roots to the soil, or beginning as a terrestrial plant that climbs a tree and then sends roots back to the soil.

In rare cases they are terrestrial rheophytes (plants that grow in fast-flowing water).

[3] The following is a list of all 105 species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 30 March 2024[update]:[4]