Elaeis guineensis - Its Products

African Oil Palm - Elaeis guineensis

Originally from West Africa, the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) has spread throughout the tropics countries.

Above : Cross section of an oil palm fruit. The fruit comprises outer oily flesh or pericarp
(made up of exo-, meso- and endocarp) and an oil-rich seed or kernel (endosperm).

Elaeis guineensis is a tropical forest palm native to Africa.

Grown in plantations it produces 3–8 times more oil from a given area.

Oil (triacylglycerols) can be extracted from both the fruit and the seed, crude palm oil (CPO) from the outer mesocarp and palm-kernel oil from the endosperm.

Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from the outer mesocarp	Palm-Kernel Oil from the endosperm
Most crude palm oil is used in foods	Most palm-kernel oil is used in various non-edible products: 1)detergents 2) cosmetics 3) plastics 4) surfactants 5) herbicides 6) industrial chemicals 7) agricultural chemicals

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