Elaeis oleifera
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| Elaeis oleifera | |
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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 (Kunth) Cortés | |
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Elaeis oleifera is a species of palm commonly called the American oil palm.[2] 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,[3] mainly in efforts to provide disease resistance and to increase the porportion of unsaturated fatty acids in the oil.[4]
References
- ↑ "The Plant List".
- ↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
- ↑ "Replanting diseased oil palm areas with Elaeis oleifera X E. guineensis hybrids at "La Arenosa" Estate in Colombia". Oil Palm News 18: 1–8. 1974.
- ↑ "Variation in the total of unsaturated fatty acids in oils extracted from different oil palm germplasms, Carmen E. Chávez and Francisco Sterling, ASD Oil Palm Papers, Volume 3 p. 5-8, 1991".
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