List of plants known as oil palm

Updated on Jan 08, 2024

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Oil palm refers to several palms that yield oil from fruit pulp and seeds, primarily

Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, the major palm oil crop species

but also:

Attalea maripa, the maripa palm

Cocus 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

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