Details for: TARS 1614, Elaeis guineensis Jacq., African oil palm

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Top Name:

African oil palm

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

1928

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	1 count		TARS 1614 PL

Distributed as: Seeds, Available: Year-round

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf

USA – Texas (See state regulation: red palm mite)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Top Name:

African oil palm

Origin:

Donated –

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

1928

Source History

Donated

1928.

Accession Names and Identifiers

African oil palm

Type: Local name

Corozo de Guinea ( P.R.)

Type: Local name

Narrative

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Genus:

Elaeis

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Arecoideae

Tribe:

Cocoseae

Subtribe:

Elaeidinae

Nomen number:

14936

Place of publication:

Select. stirp. amer. hist. 280, t. 172. 1763

Verified:

03/17/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. var. guineensis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. var. madagascariensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Elaeis madagascariensis (Jum. & H. Perrier) Becc.
Elaeis melanococca Gaertn.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	African oil palm	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	macaw-fat	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1384.
English	oil palm	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	palmier à huile	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	palmier à huile d'Afrique	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
German	afrikanische Ölpalme	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1384.
German	Ölpalme	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indonesian	kelapa sawit	2	Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds. 2001. Vegetable oils and fats. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 14:85-93.
Malay	kelapa sawit	2	Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds. 2001. Vegetable oils and fats. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 14:85-93.
Portuguese	palmeira-andim	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguese	palmeira-do-azeite	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguese	palmeira-do-dendê	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	dendê	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	dendezeiro	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	palma africana	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swahili	mchikichi	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Swedish	oljepalm	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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