Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Palma oleosa	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 6 (1768)
Elaeis guineensis var. albescens	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 62. 1914
Elaeis guineensis f. androgyna	A.Chev.	Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. angulosa	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 49. 1914
Elaeis guineensis f. caryolitica	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 65 1914
Elaeis guineensis var. ceredia	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. compressa	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 71. 1914
Elaeis guineensis f. dioica	A.Chev.	Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 1910
Elaeis guineensis f. dura	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 37 1914
Elaeis guineensis f. fatua	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 54 1914
Elaeis guineensis var. gracilinux	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. intermedia	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. leucocarpa	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 40. 1914
Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarpa	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarya	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 71. 1914
Elaeis guineensis var. macrophylla	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. pisifera	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis f. ramosa	A.Chev.	Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. repanda	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. rostrata	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 50. 1914
Elaeis guineensis f. semidura	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 56 1914
Elaeis guineensis var. sempernigra	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis var. spectabilis	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66. 1910
Elaeis guineensis f. tenera	Becc.	Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio 38 1914
Elaeis guineensis subsp. virescens	A.Chev.	Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 60. 1910 (1910)
Elaeis guineensis var. macrosperma	Welw.	Apont. 584. 1859
Elaeis guineensis var. microsperma	Welw.	Apont. 584. 1859
Elaeis dybowskii	Hua	Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 315 (1895)
Elaeis guineensis var. madagascariensis	Jum. & H.Perrier	Mat. Gross 6. 1911
Elaeis madagascariensis	Becc.	Palme Madagascar : 55 (1914)
Elaeis melanococca	Gaertn.	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 18 (1788)
Elaeis virescens	A.Chev.	Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. vii. 60 (1910).

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	oil palm
English	african oil palm
English	macaw fat
Arabic	نخيل الزيت
Bulgarian	маслена палма
Bambara	nten
Bengali	অয়েলপাম
Catalan	palmera d'oli de guinea
Czech	palma olejná
Czech	olejnice guinejská
Danish	oliepalme
dag	abe tia
German	Ölpalme
Greek	Ααβόρα
Greek	Ελαΐς η Γουϊνήσια
Greek	Ελαιοφοίνικας
Basque	olio palmondo
Basque	olio palmondo afrikar
Basque	afrikar olio palmondo
Persian	پالم
Persian	گیاه پالم
Persian	نخل روغنی آمریکایی
Fulah	koko
Finnish	afrikanöljypalmu
Finnish	öljypalmu
French	palmier à huile
frr	Öölepualem
Galician	palma da guinea
gn	pindo ndende
Hebrew	דקל השמן
Upper Sorbian	afriska wolijowa palma
ht	glouglou
Hungarian	olajpálma
Indonesian	kelapa sawit
Indonesian	sawit
Italian	palma da olio
Japanese	アブラヤシ属
Japanese	ギニアアブラヤシ
Japanese	パームヤシ
Japanese	油ヤシ
Japanese	アブラヤシ
jv	klapa sawit
Korean	기름야자
ln	mbíla
Lithuanian	aliejinės palmės
Lithuanian	alyvpalmės
Lithuanian	alyvpalmė
Latvian	eļļaspalmas
Latvian	eļļaspalma
Latvian	gvinejas eļļaspalma
Malayalam	എണ്ണപ്പന
Malayalam	oil palm
Malay	sawit
Malay	pokok kelapa sawit
Malay	kelapa sawit
Norwegian Bokmål	oljepalme
Dutch	oliepalm
Dutch	afrikaanse oliepalm
Polish	olejowiec gwinejski
Polish	palma olejowa
Polish	palma oleista
Portuguese	dendezeiro
Russian	Масличная пальма
Serbo-Croatian	palma uljarica
su	salak minyak
Swedish	oljepalm
Swahili	mchikichi
Swahili	michikichi
Telugu	ఆయిల్ పాం
Telugu	ఆయిల్ పామ్
Thai	ปาล์มน้ำมัน
Ukrainian	Олійна пальма
Chinese	油棕櫚
Chinese	非洲油棕
Chinese	油棕榈
Chinese	油椰子
Chinese	油棕根
Chinese	油棕
Chinese	盐匏藤果

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- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Ethiopia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
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  - Mozambique
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  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000947985
UNII	UEG2DV5C8N
Florida Plant Atlas	144
USDA Plants	ELGU
Tropicos	2400016
INPN	447752
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666802-1
The Plant List	kew-66337
PFAF	Elaeis guineensis
PaleoBotany	42255
Open Tree Of Life	947656
NCBI Taxonomy	51953
IUCN Red List	13416970
IPNI	666802-1
iNaturalist	132576
GBIF	2731882
Freebase	/m/0n4c4gb
EPPO	EAIGU
EOL	1095470
USDA GRIN	14936
Wikipedia	Elaeis_guineensis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCF_000442705.1	EG5	Chromosome	Orion Genomics	2013-08-13	16.0x	1.43 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Comparative transcriptional analysis of Persea americana MYB, WRKY and AP2/ERF transcription factors following Phytophthora cinnamomi infection

Fick A, Swart V, Bombarely A, van den Berg N

Mol Plant Pathol

08-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11002358
doi:	10.1111/mpp.13453
PMID:	38590150

Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses of the effects of bagging treatment on carotenoid biosynthesis and regulation of Areca catechu L.

Zheng X, Huang L, Fan B, Peng C, Iqbal A, Zhang Y, Chen H, Ye J, Yang Y

Front Plant Sci

02-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11018958
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1364945
PMID:	38628364

Pest categorisation of Pyrrhoderma noxium

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Golic D, Gobbi A, Maiorano A, Pautasso M, Reignault PL

EFSA J

19-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10949325
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8667
PMID:	38505477

CRISPR/Cas9 –based genome editing to expedite the genetic improvement of palms: challenges and prospects

Ramesh S, Rajesh M, Das A, Hebbar K

Front Plant Sci

13-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10965634
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1385037
PMID:	38545392

The Promising Potential of Triploidy in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Breeding

Othmani A, Hamza H, Kadri K, Sellemi A, Leus L, Werbrouck SP

Plants (Basel)

12-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10975707
doi:	10.3390/plants13060815
PMID:	38592841

De novo transcriptomic analysis of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa) revealed an insight into its potential drought tolerance

Borlay AJ, Mweu CM, Nyanjom SG, Omolo KM, Naitchede LH

PLoS One

12-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10931477
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0292543
PMID:	38470884

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in the chloroplast genomes of nine forage legumes

Xiao M, Hu X, Li Y, Liu Q, Shen S, Jiang T, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Li Y, Luo X, Bai L, Yan W

Physiol Mol Biol Plants

09-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC11016040
doi:	10.1007/s12298-024-01421-0
PMID:	38623162

Soil Fertilization with Palm Oil Mill Effluent Has a Short-Term Effect on the Bacterial Diversity of an Amazonian Agricultural Land Area

Sanches JP, Costa SS, das Graças DA, Silva A, Baião GC, Moreira RG, Magalhães MM, Cunha RL, Baraúna RA

Microorganisms

01-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10972391
doi:	10.3390/microorganisms12030507
PMID:	38543558

Anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of Vernonia arborea accelerate the healing of infected wounds in adult Zebrafish

Vaidyanathan L, Lokeswari TS

BMC Complement Med Ther

19-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10875872
doi:	10.1186/s12906-024-04383-8
PMID:	38373996

A combination of conserved and diverged responses underlies Theobroma cacao’s defense response to Phytophthora palmivora

Winters NP, Wafula EK, Knollenberg BJ, Hämälä T, Timilsena PR, Perryman M, Zhang D, Sheaffer LL, Praul CA, Ralph PE, Prewitt S, Leandro-Muñoz ME, Delgadillo-Duran DA, Altman NS, Tiffin P, Maximova SN, dePamphilis CW, Marden JH, Guiltinan MJ

BMC Biol

16-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10870529
doi:	10.1186/s12915-024-01831-2
PMID:	38360697

Optimization and Characterization of Interspecific Hybrid Crude Palm Oil Unaué HIE OxG Nanoparticles with Vegetable By-Products as Encapsulants

Assunção LS, Oliveira de Souza C, Shahidi F, Santos Oliveira T, Assis DD, Pereira Santos LF, Nunes IL, Machado BA, Ferreira Ribeiro CD

Foods

08-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10887919
doi:	10.3390/foods13040523
PMID:	38397500

Medicinal herbs and their metabolites with biological potential to protect and combat liver toxicity and its disorders: A review

Islam Shawon S, Nargis Reyda R, Qais N

Heliyon

01-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10864916
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25340
PMID:	38356556

New genera of Afrotropical Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera: Cerocephalidae, Epichrysomallidae, Pirenidae and Pteromalidae)

Mitroiu MD, Rasplus JY, van Noort S

PeerJ

31-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10838071
doi:	10.7717/peerj.16798
PMID:	38313012

Metabonomics and Transcriptomic Analysis of Free Fatty Acid Synthesis in Seedless and Tenera Oil Palm

Wei L, Yang C, John Martin JJ, Li R, Zhou L, Cheng S, Cao H, Liu X

Int J Mol Sci

30-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10855455
doi:	10.3390/ijms25031686
PMID:	38338979

Genotyping by sequencing for the construction of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) genetic linkage map and mapping of yield related quantitative trait loci

Mohd Shaha FR, Liew PL, Qamaruz Zaman F, Nulit R, Barin J, Rolland J, Yong HY, Boon SH

PeerJ

30-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10836210
doi:	10.7717/peerj.16570
PMID:	38313025

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Saturated hydrocarbons / Alkanes
Heptane	8900	Click to see CCCCCCC	100.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
Hexadecane	11006	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC	226.44	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
n-HEXANE	8058	Click to see CCCCCC	86.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
Nonane	8141	Click to see CCCCCCCCC	128.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
Octane	356	Click to see CCCCCCCC	114.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
Pentadecane	12391	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC	212.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
1-Decene	13381	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=C	140.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
1-Tridecene	17095	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCC=C	182.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic acid	5312529	Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	306.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
Icosa-2,4,6-trienoic acid	157667	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCC=CC=CC=CC(=O)O	306.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
Myristic Acid	11005	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	228.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
Oleic Acid	445639	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	282.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8 https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
Palmitic Acid	985	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	256.42	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
Stearic Acid	5281	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	284.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Medium-chain fatty acids
Lauric Acid	3893	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	200.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Linoleic Acid	5280450	Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
Linolenic Acid	5280934	Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	278.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
Octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid	5282822	Click to see CCC=CCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	278.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85489-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Tetraterpenoids / Carotenoids / Carotenes
all-trans-alpha-Carotene	4369188	Click to see CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC2C(=CCCC2(C)C)C)C)C	536.90	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1093/AJCN/49.5.849
alpha-Carotene	6419725	Click to see CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC2C(=CCCC2(C)C)C)C)C	536.90	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1093/AJCN/49.5.849
Beta-Carotene	5280489	Click to see CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC2=C(CCCC2(C)C)C)C)C	536.90	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1093/AJCN/49.5.849
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Cylindrin	189045	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3(C2(CC=C4C3CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)OC)C)C)C)C	440.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)84111-6

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