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Taxon:  Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés



Summary
Genus:
Elaeis
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Elaeidinae
Nomen number:
70242
Place of publication:
Fl. columb. 1:203. 1897
Verified:
03/17/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Alfonsia oleifera Kunth

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Corozo oleifera (Kunth) L. H. Bailey

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elaeis melanococca Mart.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Croat, T. B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island.
  3. Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  7. Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
  8. Grayum, M. H. 1998. Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Costa Rican palms (Arecaceae), with five new species. Phytologia 84:307-327. Note: see pages 311 and 322 for clarification and verification of Santiago Cortés as the author of the combination
  9. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  10. Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas
  11. Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
  12. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  13. Jones, D. L. 1994. Palms throughout the world
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  15. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  16. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:140. Note: = Corozo oleifera (Kunth) L. H. Bailey
  17. Pederson, H. B. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  18. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  19. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  20. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  21. Singh, R. et al. 2013. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds. Nature 500:335-339. Note: 2n=32
  22. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  23. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Common names
English
American oil palm –
German
amerikanische Ölpalme –
Portuguese (Brazil)
caiaueré –
caiué –
corozo –
denê-do-Pará –
Spanish
coquito –
nolé –
nolí –
palmiche –
Swedish
amerikansk oljepalm –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (n.)
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia (n.), Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodoil/fatlocally used in BrazilHenderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70242. Accessed 16 May 2025.