Characteristics
Monocots
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
AFRICAN OIL PALM
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Not Native
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Classification
ARECALES
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. - AFRICAN OIL PALM
Citation
ELAEIS GUINEENSIS Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 280, t. 172. 1763.
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GHANA: Without data (lectotype: Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. t. 172. 1763). Lectotypified by Dransfield, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Palmae 50. 1986.
Species Distribution Map

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