List of plants known as oil palm

Oil palm refers to several palms that yield oil from fruit pulp and seeds, primarily

  • Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, the major palm oil crop species

but also:

  • Attalea maripa, the maripa palm
  • Cocos nucifera, the coconut palm, which yields coconut oil from its seeds
  • Elaeis oleifera, the American oil palm
  • The genus Elaeis, with just two species, E. guineensis and E. oleifera, referred to as the oil-palm genus

See also

  • Wax palm


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Palm oil
Oil palms
  • Attalea
    • A. maripa
    • A. speciosa
  • Elaeis
    • E. guineesis
    • E. oleifera
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  • Bagworm moth
  • Basal stem rot (Ganoderma orbiforme)
  • Cadang-cadang disease
  • Little leaf syndrome
    • Oryctes rhinoceros
    • Rhynchophorus palmarum
  • Oil palm bunch moth
  • Red ring disease (Bursaphelenchus cocophilus)
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