English: African Oil Palm

German: Afrikanische Ölpalme

Portuguese: Dendezeiro, Palmeira-de-óleo-africana

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Liliopsida (314)

      Order: Arecales (25)

        Family: Arecaceae (25) (family description)

          Genus: Elaeis (1)

           Epithet: guineensis Jacq. (2)

Synonyms: Elaeis dybowskii Hua, Elaeis madagascariensis (Jum. & H.Perrier) Becc.

dybowskii => in honor of Jean Thadée Emmanuel Dybowski (1856-1928), French agronomist, naturalist and explorer

guineensis => indicates origin in the Guinea Coast

madagascariensis => from Madagascar

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: orange, yellow

Undisturbed african oil palms grow 12-20(-25) m heigh and can reach ages of up to 150 years (e.g. Bogor, Indonesia; *1848 +1993). The palm tree's stem is cylindrical, from 45 cm to 65 cm in diameter at breast height and covered with petiole bases when young, but smooth and grey in older trees. In plantations the economical live span is 25 years, limited by the exponential increase in harvesting expenditure with growing trunk height.

Check for Elaeis guineensis at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [11] Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) Ölpalme - Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte : Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, Volume 3 of 3
• [88] Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia
• [90] National Research Centre for Oil Palm, Pedavegi, India
• [106] Agricultural Services & Development, Costa Rica
• [254] Elaeis guineensis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [418] Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute, Indonesia
• [427] Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council, Malaysia
• [740] Potash & Phosphate Institute, Singapore
• [757] Nutritional aspects of palm oil - Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Volume 15 (1993/1994), Number 2, June
• [1202] Elaeis - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

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