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Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly just called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat. [3] The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist Michel Adanson .
Elaeis (from Greek 'oil') is a genus of palms, called oil palms, containing two species, native to Africa and the Americas. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil . Description
Palm kernel oil is an edible plant oil derived from the kernel of the oil palm tree Elaeis guineensis. [1] It is related to two other edible oils: palm oil, extracted from the fruit pulp of the oil palm, and coconut oil, extracted from the kernel of the coconut.
Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) Humans used oil palms as far back as 5,000 years. In the late 1800s, archaeologists discovered a substance that they concluded was originally palm oil in a tomb at Abydos dating back to 3,000 BCE. [9] Palm oil from Elaeis guineensis has long been recognized in West and Central African countries used widely as a ...
Elaeis oleifera is a species of palm commonly called the American oil palm.It is native to South and Central America from Honduras to northern Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]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, [6] mainly in efforts to provide disease resistance and to increase the ...
The local cuisine, spicy and based on seafood (shrimp, fish), strongly relies on typically African ingredients and techniques, and is much appreciated throughout Brazil and internationally. The most typical ingredient is azeite-de-dendê, an oil extracted from a palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) brought from West Africa to Brazil during colonial times.
It is noted for its work in educating business and the public about the benefits of using native plants, [5] [6] and its work in promoting native species through plant sales [7] and seed exchanges has been credited with the resurgence of some species. [8] It also maintains a list of local native plant societies across the United States and ...
Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. [2] [3] [4]The genus includes the Doum palm (H. thebaica).They are unusual among palms in having regular naturally branched trunks; most other palms are single-stemmed from the ground.