Elaeis guineensis seed
LATIN NAME: Elaeis guineensis
COMMON NAME: Oil Palm
The oil palm raises its tall, ringed trunk and the large, arching, pinnate leaves, with the dense clusters of the small, reddish fruits, and the whole palm carries the fine, bold look of the warm garden. The tall, single-trunked palm carries the stout, ringed trunk and the large, arching, pinnate leaves with the many narrow, stiff leaflets, and the small, cream-yellow flowers in the dense, branching clusters between the leaves, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the dense clusters of the small, oval, reddish-orange, oily fruits. The oily fruits have a very long record as the fine, rich, oily fruits of the warm tables, and the palm is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a palm of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The oil palm is a historic subject of the plant science, and the oily fruits keep showing up in the work on the warm-country palms. The way the dense clusters of the small, oval, reddish-orange, oily fruits form from the small, cream-yellow flowers has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-country palms, the oily fruits and the members of the palm family. The arching leaves and the tall habit have also made it a fine study palm, and the oil palm is a regular subject of the work on the oily fruits of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The oil palm is a fine, bold palm of the warm garden and the study collection. The large, arching, pinnate leaves with the many narrow, stiff leaflets carry the fine, bold look of the warm garden, and the dense clusters of the small, oval, reddish-orange, oily fruits have a very long record as the fine, rich, oily fruits of the warm tables, the pressed oils coming to the cooking and the fine, natural products of the old workshops, while the small, cream-yellow flowers in the dense, branching clusters open between the leaves, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the specimen bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the agricultural and the botanical papers for the oily fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, bold palm of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young palms the warmth and the deep, moist bed, and the bold leaves will rise over the years.
To grow the oil palm from seed, sow the large, brown seeds a couple of centimetres down in the deep tray of fine, gritty soil, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then pot the young palms on as they fill the pot. The seedlings are up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the bold leaves will rise over the years.
A fast growing large palm with dark, plumose,feathery leaves and a rough, tall tunk. It is cultivated all over the tropical world for the oil extracted from the seeds. The commercial importance of this oil makes this palm second only to the coconut in economic importance. Palm oil is used in biodiesel, as an ingredient in foods, a base in cosmetics, and in lubricants. And, of course, this palm is also an attractive and popular landscape item in tropical regions.