Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elaeis guineensis Jacq. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african oil palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
afrikanische ölpalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
azeite-de-dendê	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
dendezeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
dendê	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
drafu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
elaeis guineensis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
eyin	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fractionated palm kernel oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
hydrogenated palm oil	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
irile	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kelapa balik	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kelapa sawit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kuaku	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kwakwa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
m'te	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
macaw fat tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
macaw-fat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mawese (palm oil)	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mchikichi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
medium-chain triglycerides	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
ngazti	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nkwu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oil palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oljepalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ope	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
orien	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
palm kernel oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
palm kernel oil (unhydrogenated)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
palm oil	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
palm oil (unhydrogenated)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
palma africana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmeira-andim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmeira-do-azeite	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmeira-do-dendê	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmier a huile	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
palmier à huile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmier à huile d'afrique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmtree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
pokok kelapa sawit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pulpe d' palm	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
triglycerida saturata media	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
triglycerides, medium-chain	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
udin	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
you zong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yóu zōng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zukunnu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
zōng l锟斤拷 shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ölpalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
棕榈树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油棕	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油棕根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
kernel	oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit	hyrogenated oil obtained from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
entire plant, flower		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit kernel		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaf, root, fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kernel of the fruit		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
fruit pulp		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
seed	oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
fruit	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
fruit	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	oily liquid from oil extracted from the dried endosperm	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
oil’s fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
oil of fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
fruit	refined fixed oil obtained from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 18 (1788).
Elaeis dybowskii Hua Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 315 (1895).
Elaeis guineensis var. albescens Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 62 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis f. androgyna A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. angulosa Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 49 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis f. caryolitica Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 65 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis var. ceredia A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. compressa Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 71 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis f. dioica A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis f. dura Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 37 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis f. fatua Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 54 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis var. gracilinux A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. idolatrica A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. intermedia A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. leucocarpa Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 40 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarpa A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. macrocarya Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 71 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis var. macrophylla A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. macrosperma Welw. Apont.: 584 (1859).
Elaeis guineensis var. madagascariensis Jum. & H.Perrier Mat. Gross: 6 (1911).
Elaeis guineensis var. microsperma Welw. Apont.: 584 (1859).
Elaeis guineensis subsp. nigrescens A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 46 (1910), not validly publ.
Elaeis guineensis var. pisifera A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis f. ramosa A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. repanda A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. rostrata Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 50 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis f. semidura Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 56 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis var. sempernigra A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis var. spectabilis A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 66 (1910).
Elaeis guineensis f. tenera Becc. Contr. Conosc. Palma Olio: 38 (1914).
Elaeis guineensis subsp. virescens A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 7: 60 (1910).
Elaeis macrophylla A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 676 (1920), nom. nud.
Elaeis madagascariensis (Jum. & H.Perrier) Becc. Palme Madagascar: 55 (1914).
Elaeis nigrescens (A.Chev.) Prain Index Kew., Suppl. 4: 77 (1913), not validly publ.
Elaeis virescens (A.Chev.) Prain Index Kew., Suppl. 4: 77 (1913).
Palma oleosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elaeis guineensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Elaeis guineensis Jacq	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Elaeis guineensis Jacquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elaeis guineensis.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Elaeis melanococca Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elaesis guineensis Jacq.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Etaeis guineensis Jacq.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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