Synonymy:
Corozo oleifera
Common Names:
American Oil palm
Distribution & Habitat:
Costa Rica to the lower Amazon River in Brazil.
Description:
A large, solitary, pinnate-leaved palm which has
dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit.
This fruit yields a high quality palm oil.
General:
Used locally for palm oil, but not grown on anywhere
near the same scale as its close relative
E. guineensis
.
Culture:
Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Tropical in its requirements.
Figure 1. E. oleifera
Figure 2. E. oleifera
in Amazonas State, Brazil.
| Contributed by:
| Kyle Wicomb (Figure 1)
| | Pablo Boni Herrera (Figure 2)
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