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Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly just called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat. [3] The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist Michel Adanson .
Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, the major palm oil crop species; but also: Attalea maripa, the maripa palm; Cocos nucifera, the coconut palm, which yields coconut oil from its seeds; Elaeis oleifera, the American oil palm; The genus Elaeis, with just two species, E. guineensis and E. oleifera, referred to as the oil-palm genus
Elaeis (from Greek 'oil') is a genus of palms, called oil palms, containing two species, native to Africa and the Americas. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil . Description
Elaeis oleifera is a species of palm commonly called the American oil palm.It is native to South and Central America from Honduras to northern Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]Unlike its relative Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, it is rarely planted commercially to produce palm oil, but hybrids between the two species are, [6] mainly in efforts to provide disease resistance and to increase the ...
Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) Humans used oil palms as far back as 5,000 years. In the late 1800s, archaeologists discovered a substance that they concluded was originally palm oil in a tomb at Abydos dating back to 3,000 BCE. [9] Palm oil from Elaeis guineensis has long been recognized in West and Central African countries used widely as a ...
Elaeis melanococca can refer to: Elaeis melanococca Gaertn., a synonym of Elaeis guineensis , the African oil palm Elaeis melanococca Mart. (an illegitimate name, but often used), a synonym of Elaeis oleifera , an American oil palm
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