Elaeis oleifera

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American oil palm
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American Oil Palm (Elaeis oleifera)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Family:
Arecaceae
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoeae
Genus:
Elaeis
Species:
E. oleifera
Binomial name
Elaeis oleifera
Synonyms[1]
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  • Alfonsia oleifera Kunth
  • Corozo oleifera (Kunth) L.H.Bailey
  • Elaeis melanococca Mart. nom. illeg.

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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

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  3. ↑ Bailey, Liberty Hyde. 1933. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 3(2): 59, f. 32, 35–40, Corozo oleifera
  4. ↑ Cortés, Santiago. 1897. Flora de Colombia : comprende la geografia botanica de Colombia, las leguminosas, la flora terapiutica, 1: 203, Elaeis oleifera
  5. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 307, Alfonsia oleifera
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