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Elaeis oleifera

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID6440390a253ae340978821
Scientific name Elaeis oleifera
Authority (Kunth) Cortés
First published in Fl. Columb. 1: 203 (1897)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Elaeis melanococca var. semicircularis Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 51. 1859
Corozo oleifera L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 3: 59 (1933)
Alfonsia oleifera Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 307 (1816)
Elaeis melanococca Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: t. 33 (1824)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american oil palm
English oil palm
English noli palm
Arabic نخيل الزيت الأمريكي
Bulgarian американска маслена палма
Czech olejnice pravá
Greek Αμερικάνικος ελαιοφοίνικας
Greek Ελαΐς η ελαιοφόρος
Persian نخل روغنی آمریکایی
frr amerikoonsk Öölepualem
Japanese アメリカアブラヤシ
Russian Элеис масличный
Russian Элейс масличный
Russian Американская масличная пальма
Chinese 美洲油棕

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Suriname
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000947994
UNII 8DW6DSU38X
USDA Plants ELOL2
Tropicos 50231656
INPN 731658
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88982-2
The Plant List kew-66346
PFAF Elaeis oleifera
PaleoBotany 25394
Open Tree Of Life 210313
NCBI Taxonomy 80265
IPNI 88982-2
iNaturalist 365230
GBIF 8791596
Freebase /m/0n49nkg
EPPO EAIOL
EOL 1098598
USDA GRIN 70242
Wikipedia Elaeis_oleifera

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_000441515.2 EO12.1 Chromosome Orion Genomics 2024-08-09 48 1.90 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Quantifying the Impact of Different Dietary Rumen Modulating Strategies on Enteric Methane Emission and Productivity in Ruminant Livestock: A Meta-Analysis Pepeta BN, Hassen A, Tesfamariam EH Animals (Basel) 29-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10931330
doi:10.3390/ani14050763
PMID:38473148
Amazonian useful plants described in the book “Le Pays des Amazones” (1885) of the Brazilian propagandist Baron de Santa-Anna Nery: a historical and ethnobotanical perspective Silva LN, Oliveira EC, Baratto LC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10897987
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00663-2
PMID:38409064
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
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
Foliar Lesions Induced by Pestalotiopsis arengae in Oil Palm (O × G) in the Colombian Southwest Palm Zone Betancourt-Ortiz WF, Medina-Cardenas HC, Padilla-Agudelo JL, Varon FH, Mestizo-Garzón YA, Morales-Rodríguez A, Sarria-Villa GA J Fungi (Basel) 29-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10817598
doi:10.3390/jof10010024
PMID:38248934
Lipid Metabolism and Improvement in Oilseed Crops: Recent Advances in Multi-Omics Studies Bu M, Fan W, Li R, He B, Cui P Metabolites 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10744971
doi:10.3390/metabo13121170
PMID:38132852
Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review Pereira DS, Phillips AJ J Fungi (Basel) 19-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10672035
doi:10.3390/jof9111121
PMID:37998926
Effect of wall material on lipophilic functional compounds of high oleic palm oil emulsions encapsulated by Refractance Window drying Henao-Ardila A, Quintanilla-Carvajal MX, Santagapita PR, Caldas-Abril M, Bonilla-Bravo V, Moreno FL Heliyon 31-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10651459
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21499
PMID:38027781
Thermomechanical Properties of High Oleic Palm Oil Assessed Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Texture Analysis, Microscopy, and Shear Rheology Cedeno-Sanchez V, Perez-Santana M, Mehta D, Godinez S, Gu L, Miller VM, MacIntosh AJ Gels 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10606909
doi:10.3390/gels9100798
PMID:37888371
Embryo Rescue in Plant Breeding Rogo U, Fambrini M, Pugliesi C Plants (Basel) 29-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10489947
doi:10.3390/plants12173106
PMID:37687352
Molecular Interplay between Non-Host Resistance, Pathogens and Basal Immunity as a Background for Fatal Yellowing in Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) Plants Bittencourt CB, Carvalho da Silva TL, Rodrigues Neto JC, Leão AP, de Aquino Ribeiro JA, Maia AD, de Sousa CA, Quirino BF, Souza Júnior MT Int J Mol Sci 18-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10454536
doi:10.3390/ijms241612918
PMID:37629099
A New Subgenus of the Genus Phenolia (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Myanmar Cretaceous Amber with Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Bionomic Notes on the ‘Nitidulid’ Group of Families Kirejtshuk AG, Shaw JJ, Smirnov IS Insects 18-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10380190
doi:10.3390/insects14070647
PMID:37504653
Ganoderma boninense: general characteristics of pathogenicity and methods of control Khoo YW, Chong KP Front Plant Sci 10-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10363743
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1156869
PMID:37492765
Prioritizing Colombian plant genetic resources for investment in research using indicators about the geographic origin, vulnerability status, economic benefits, and food security importance Cerón-Souza I, Delgadillo-Duran D, Polo-Murcia SM, Sarmiento-Naizaque ZX, Reyes-Herrera PH Biodivers Conserv 19-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10195663
doi:10.1007/s10531-023-02599-7
PMID:37255861
Parthenocarpy-related genes induced by naphthalene acetic acid in oil palm interspecific O × G [Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés × Elaeis guineensis Jacq.] hybrids Montoya C, Mejia-Alvarado FS, Botero-Rozo D, Ayala-Diaz IM, Romero HM Front Genet 20-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10067579
doi:10.3389/fgene.2023.1099489
PMID:37021004

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
cis-Vaccenic acid 5282761 Click to see 282.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02535295

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