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
- Cocus 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
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