Biology:Elaeis oleifera

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Short description: Species of plant


American oil palm
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American oil palm (Elaeis oleifera)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Elaeis
Species:
E. oleifera
Binomial name
Elaeis oleifera
(Kunth) Cortés
Synonyms[1]
  • Alfonsia oleifera Kunth
  • Corozo oleifera (Kunth) L.H.Bailey
  • Elaeis melanococca Mart. nom. illeg.

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 proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in the oil.[7]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4064203 entry