Arecaceae
African oil palm
Elaeis guineensis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Elaeis
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Common names
By language (51)
- Arabic
- نخيل الزيت
- arz
- نخيل الزيت
- Asturian
- Palmera aceitera
- Bambara
- Nten
- Bangla
- অয়েলপাম
- Basque
- Afrikar olio palmondo, Olio palmondo, Olio palmondo afrikar
- Bulgarian
- Маслена палма
- Cantonese
- 油椰子
- Catalan
- Palmera d'oli de Guinea
- Chinese
- 油棕, 油椰子, 油棕根, 盐匏藤果, 油棕榈, 油棕櫚, 非洲油棕
- Czech
- Olejnice guinejská, Olejnice obecná
- dag
- Abe tia
- Danish
- Oliepalme
- Dutch
- Oliepalm, Afrikaanse oliepalm
- English
- African oil palm, Macaw fat, Oil palm
- ff
- Koko
- Finnish
- Öljypalmu, Afrikanöljypalmu
- fon
- Dètin
- French
- Palmier à huile
- frr
- Öölepualem
- Georgian
- Ზეთის პალმა
- German
- Ölpalme
- Greek
- Ααβόρα, Ελαΐς η Γουϊνήσια, Ελαιοφοίνικας
- Guarani
- Pindo ndende
- Haitian Creole
- Glouglou
- Hebrew
- דקל השמן
- hsb
- Afriska wolijowa palma
- Hungarian
- Olajpálma
- Indonesian
- Kelapa sawit, Sawit
- Japanese
- アブラヤシ, アブラヤシ属, ギニアアブラヤシ, パームヤシ, 油ヤシ
- Javanese
- Klapa Sawit
- Korean
- 기름야자
- Latvian
- Eļļaspalma, Eļļaspalmas, Gvinejas eļļaspalma
- Lingala
- Mbíla
- Lithuanian
- Alyvpalmė, Aliejinės palmės, Alyvpalmės
- Macedonian
- Маслодајна палма
- Malay
- Kelapa sawit, Pokok Kelapa Sawit, Sawit
- Malayalam
- എണ്ണപ്പന, Oil palm
- mwl
- Dendé
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Oljepalme
- Persian
- نخل روغنی آمریکایی, پالم, گیاه پالم
- Polish
- Olejowiec gwinejski
- Portuguese
- Dendezeiro
- Russian
- Масличная пальма
- Slovenian
- Oljna palma
- Sundanese
- Salak minyak
- Swahili
- Mchikichi, Michikichi
- Swedish
- Oljepalm
- Telugu
- ఆయిల్ పామ్, ఆయిల్ పాం
- Thai
- ปาล์มน้ำมัน
- Ukrainian
- Олійна пальма
Synonyms
- Elaeis cirrhosa Thouin
- Elaeis dybowskii Hua
- Elaeis guineensis f. androgyna A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis f. caryolitica Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis f. dioica A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis f. dura Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis f. fatua Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis f. ramosa A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis f. semidura Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis f. tenera Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis subsp. nigrescens A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis subsp. virescens A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. albescens Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis var. angulosa Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis var. ceredia A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. compressa Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis var. gracilinux A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. intermedia A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. leucocarpa Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarpa A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarya Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis var. macrophylla A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. macrosperma Welw.
- Elaeis guineensis var. madagascariensis Jum. & H.Perrier
- Elaeis guineensis var. microsperma Welw.
- Elaeis guineensis var. pisifera A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. repanda A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. rostrata Becc.
- Elaeis guineensis var. sempernigra A.Chev.
- Elaeis guineensis var. spectabilis A.Chev.
- Elaeis humilis Thouin
- Elaeis macrophylla A.Chev.
- Elaeis madagascariensis (Jum. & H.Perrier) Becc.
- Elaeis melanococca Gaertn.
- Elaeis mocaya Thouin
- Elaeis nigrescens (A.Chev.) Prain
- Elaeis racemosa Thouin
- Elaeis virescens A.Chev.
- Elaeis virescens (A.Chev.) Prain
and 1 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- February (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Florin Feneru, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.