Palm oil
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Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the reddish mesocarp of the fruit of the African oil palm. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounte
Palm oil
Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis)
A World War II-era poster depicting palm kernel harvest and palm oil production as an important part of the war effort
Palm oil production is done in some parts of the world artisanally, and the locally produced oil is used for food, handicrafts and other products. This woman in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is showing the palm fruit above a pot for processing the fruit.
Elaeis guineensis
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Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat. The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist
Palm oil
…Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the reddish mesocarp (pulp) of the fruit of the African oil palm. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in…
Elaeis guineensis Köhler–s Medizinal Pflanzen 056
Elaeis guineensis idolatrica MHNT
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Fruit of the oil palm