- Source: List of plants known as oil palm
Oil palm refers to several palms that yield oil from fruit pulp and seeds, primarily
Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, the major palm oil crop species
but also:
Attalea maripa, the maripa palm
Cocos nucifera, the coconut palm, which yields coconut oil from its seeds
Elaeis oleifera, the American oil palm
The genus Elaeis, with just two species, E. guineensis and E. oleifera, referred to as the oil-palm genus
See also
Wax palm