Medicinal · Palm
American Oil Palm
Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés
Honduras to northern Brazil
The New World counterpart of the African oil palm, a robust single-stemmed palm of wet tropical lowlands. It carries a crown of large pinnate fronds with fibrous spines at the leaf bases, and bears bunches of shiny red drupes whose oily pulp and kernel yield palm oil. It is native to Costa Rica and is used in breeding with the African oil palm.
Sourced · see Record tab
2on the estate
0carrying a tag
2sponsored
FamilyArecaceae
Spanish nameCorozo
Also known asCorozo, Palmiche, Palma aceitera americana
Native toCentral and northern South America, from Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas and northern Brazil
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Carol S., USA | Originally sponsored Bismarckia palms for entrance driveway but they got stolen |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Carol S., USA | Originally sponsored Bismarckia palms for entrance driveway but they got stolen |
2 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.