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  2. Kalahari melon oil - Wikipedia

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    Kalahari melon oil also known as Tsamma (Damara/Nama), wild watermelon (English), bitterboela, karkoer (Afrikaans), wild watermelon, makatane (Setswana) [1] or Mokaté oil, [2] is a plant oil, extracted from the seeds of the Kalahari melon (Citrullus vulgaris), [2] which is endemic to the Kalahari Desert, spanning Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. [3]

  3. Elaeis - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    The Okanagan-Colville, when hunting, use a branch tied in a knot and placed over the bear's tracks while hunting to stop the wounded bear. [3] The Thompson people use a decoction of wood and bark taken for nausea caused by smelling a corpse. [4] [5] Acer negundo (box elder), used as food, lumber, and medicine. Please see article for full ...

  5. Native Plants 101: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Native plants are indigenous plant species that evolve naturally on land or in the water, and are an integral piece of thriving ecosystems, providing critical habitat for insects, birds, mammals ...

  6. Elaeis guineensis - Wikipedia

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    Fruit of the oil palm Production Of oil palm fruit worldwide, by country in 2021. Oil is extracted from both the pulp of the fruit (palm oil, an edible oil) and the kernel (palm kernel oil, used in foods and for soap manufacture). For every 100 kg of fruit bunches, typically 22 kg of palm oil and 1.6 kg of palm kernel oil can be extracted.

  7. Indonesian court rules to save Indigenous ancestral lands ...

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    An Indigenous group in Indonesia’s West Papua province is celebrating a ruling that saves their ancestral lands spanning tens of thousands of hectares from palm oil exploitation. Driving the ...

  8. Oenocarpus bataua - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, patauá oil is used by Amazonian communities in fried foods. In Bolivia, the oil is known as aceite de majo. [8] It is also used in cosmetic production, as it can be used as a tonic to soften the hair. [9] The oil is used in traditional medicine to treat cough and bronchitis. [3]

  9. Elaeis oleifera - Wikipedia

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    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 ...