The Oily Palm Tree.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Engl.: African oil palm, oil palm.
Deu.: Ölpalme, Afrikanische Ölpalme.
Fran.: palmier à huile, palmier à huile d'Afrique.
Sven.: oljepalm.
Suom.: öljypalmu.
Span.: palma africana.
Port.: dendê, dendezeiro.
Pharm.: palm butter, palmoil.
Bot. syn.: Elaeis melanococca Gaertn.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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