EPPO Global Database

Elaeis guineensis(EAIGU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: EAIGU
  • Preferred name: Elaeis guineensis
  • Authority: Jacquin

Notes

Tropical Africa. Genome sequence published in 2013. Widely cultivated in the tropics as the source of palm oil, leading to the destruction of much indigenous native forest. Introduced in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malesia, Madagascar, Central America, Caribbean, Bolivia


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Elaeis madagascariensis Beccarini
Elaeis melanococca Gärtner

Common names
Name
Language
oliepalm Dutch
African oil palm English
oil palm English
palm oil tree English
palmier à huile French
Ölpalme German
kelapa sawit Indonesian
palma da olio Italian
olejowiec gwinejski Polish
dendém Portuguese
palma-de-Guiné Portuguese
palmeira-de-óleo-africana Portuguese
palmeira-dendém Portuguese
palmeira-do-azeite Portuguese
ababaia Portuguese (BR)
dendenzeiro Portuguese (BR)
масличная пальма Russian
oljna palma Slovene
palma africana Spanish
palma de aceite Spanish
palmeira de aceite Spanish
oljepalm Swedish