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
Cocos 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