Elaeis guineensis(EAIGU)
Overview Code created in: 2002-03-01
- EPPO Code: EAIGU
- Preferred name: Elaeis guineensis
- Authority: Jacquin
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
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Elaeis madagascariensis | Beccarini |
| Elaeis melanococca | Gärtner |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| African oil palm | English |
| oil palm | English |
| palm oil tree | English |
| Ölpalme | German |
| palmier à huile | French |
| palma africana | Spanish |
| palma de aceite | Spanish |
| palmeira de aceite | Spanish |
| palma da olio | Italian |
| oliepalm | Dutch |
| ababaia | Portuguese (BR) |
| dendém | Portuguese |
| dendenzeiro | Portuguese (BR) |
| palma-de-Guiné | Portuguese |
| palmeira-dendém | Portuguese |
| palmeira-de-óleo-africana | Portuguese |
| palmeira-do-azeite | Portuguese |
| oljepalm | Swedish |
| масличная пальма | Russian |
| olejowiec gwinejski | Polish |
| kelapa sawit | Indonesian |
| oljna palma | Slovene |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Arecales (
1AREO )
Family
Arecaceae (
1PALF )
Subfamily
Arecoideae (
1ARES )
Genus
Elaeis (
1EAIG )
Species
Elaeis guineensis (
EAIGU )