Mazhar Botanic Garden

Elaeis guineensis Jacq

African oil palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000222
Common name: African oil palm
English name: African oil palm
Arabic name: نخيل الزيت الأفريقي
Native: West and southwest Africa
Country: South Africa West africa
(PGR): Rare

Single stemmed grow to 20 m tall leaves pinnate, 3-5 m long flowers are produced in dense clusters, small fruits red

•Each fruit is made up of an oily, fleshy outer layer (the pericarp), with a single seed (the palm kernel), also rich in oil. When ripe, each bunch of fruit weighs between 5 and 30 kg

Elaeis macrophylla A Chev

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Texture: Chalk Clay Enriched soil Medium loamy Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.6-7.5
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Fruits Oil
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Tropical evergreen forest
pH: Acid Alkaline
Located in: Glass house

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