Oil Palm
Elaeis guineensis
Also known as African Oil palm, Jacquin
About Oil Palm
Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat. The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist Michel Adanson. It is native to west and southwest Africa, specifically the area between Angola and The Gambia; the species name, guineensis, refers to the name for the area called Guinea, and not the modern country Guinea now bearing that name. The species is also now naturalised in Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Central America, Cambodia, the West Indies, and several islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The closely related American oil palm E.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elaeis guineensis
- Genus
- Elaeis
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Tropical West Africa
- Distribution
- Planted in other parts of the world
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Arecaceae
Palm family
Oil Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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