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Taxon:
Elaeis guineensis
Jacq.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Elaeis
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Elaeidinae
Nomen number:
14936
Place of publication:
Select. stirp. amer. hist. 280, t. 172. 1763
Verified:
03/17/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Elaeis guineensis
Jacq. var.
guineensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elaeis guineensis
Jacq. var.
madagascariensis
Jum. & H. Perrier
Elaeis madagascariensis
(Jum. & H. Perrier) Becc.
Elaeis melanococca
Gaertn.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Dransfield, J. & H. Beentje.
1995. The palms of Madagascar
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Elaeis+guineensis&quantity=1
Glassman, S. F.
1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield.
2005. World checklist of palms.
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hartley, C. W. S.
1988. The oil palm (
Elaeis guineensis
Jacq.), ed. 3. 761 pp.
Ithnin, M. et al.
2011.
Elaeis
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, plantation and ornamental crops 6:113-124.
Jones, D. L.
1994. Palms throughout the world
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Keay, R. W. J.
1989. Trees of Nigeria
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Moore, H. E., Jr.
1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:144.
Opsomer, J. E.
1956. Les premières descriptions du palmier à huile (
Elaeis guineensis
). Bull. Séances Acad. Roy. Sci. Outre Mer 2:253.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield.
1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr.
Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds.
2001. Vegetable oils and fats. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 14:85-93.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:118.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African oil palm –
Reference(s)
macaw-fat –
Reference(s)
oil palm –
Reference(s)
French
palmier à huile –
Reference(s)
palmier à huile d'Afrique –
Reference(s)
German
afrikanische Ölpalme –
Reference(s)
Ölpalme –
Reference(s)
Indonesian
kelapa sawit –
Reference(s)
Malay
kelapa sawit –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
palmeira-andim –
Reference(s)
palmeira-do-azeite –
Reference(s)
palmeira-do-dendê –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
dendê –
Reference(s)
dendezeiro –
Reference(s)
Spanish
palma africana –
Reference(s)
Swahili
mchikichi –
Reference(s)
Swedish
oljepalm –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
natzd.?
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Congo
,
Gabon
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
(natzd.?)
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Sumatera],
Malaysia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Fuels
petroleum substitute/alcohol
fide PROTA4U; http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0509-biofuels.html,
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
beverage base
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
fruit
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
oil/fat
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
vegetable
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Materials
beads
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Materials
fiber
used in soaps, lubricants, & plasticizer and stabilizer in plastics
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Materials
lipids
used in soaps, lubricants, & plasticizer and stabilizer in plastics
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines
folklore
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Name
References