Oil palm PRODUCT NAME
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Oil palm |
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| Family: | Palmae |
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| Product Description: | Tall palm, 8.3-20 m tall, erect, heavy, trunks ringed; monoecious, male and female flowers in separate clusters, but on same tree; trunk to 20 m tall, usually less, 30 cm in diameter, leaf-bases adhere; petioles 1.3-2.3 m long, 12.5-20 cm wide, saw-toothed, broadened at base, fibrous, green; blade pinnate, 3.3-5 m long, with 100-150 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 60-120 cm long, 3.5-5 cm broad; central nerve very strong, especially at base, green on both surfaces; flower-stalks from lower leaf-axils, 10-30 cm long and broad; male flowers on short furry branches 10-15 cm long, set close to trunk on short pedicels; female flowers and consequently fruits in large clusters of 200-300, close to trunk on short heavy pedicels, each fruit plum-like, ovoid-oblong to 3.5 cm long and about 2 cm wide, black when ripe, red at base, with thick ivory-white flesh and small cavity in center; nuts encased in a fibrous covering which contains the oil. About 5 female inflorescences are produced per year; each inflorescence weighing about 8 kg, the fruits weighing about 3.5 g each. |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | Cultivted |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits |
| Uses: | Oil from the fruits is used for cooking materials |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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| External Links: | http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/elaeis_guineensis.html#Description http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/elaeis_guineensis.html |
