American Oil Palm

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Hair-Oil, Inflammation, Stomach

Science studied: ARACHIDIC-ACID, FAT, HEXADECENOIC-ACID, OLEIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Arecaceae

Scientific name: Elaeis oleifera

Common names: American Oil Palm, American oil palm, Palmera aceitera americana, amerikanische Ölpalme, amerikansk oljepalm, caiaueré, caiué, coquito, corozo, dendezeiro-americano

POWO: 88982-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Hair-Oil
• Inflammation
• Stomach

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Elsewhere

Documented cultural uses

• Hair-Oil
• Inflammation
• Stomach

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

• Hair-Oil · Elsewhere · "
• Inflammation · Elsewhere · "
• Stomach · Elsewhere · "

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• SNP profiling of Elaeis oleifera (H.B.K) Cortes germplasm in Ucayali, Peru using Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS). · 2025 source ↗
• A new species of Cyclopoliarus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from American oil palms (Elaeis oleifera) in Caño Negro, Costa Rica. · 2025 source ↗
• Correction to 'Preparation of palm (Elaeis oleifera) pressed fibre cellulose nanocrystals via cation exchange resin: characterisation and evaluation as Pickering emulsifier'. · 2023 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• ARACHIDIC-ACID
• FAT
• HEXADECENOIC-ACID
• OLEIC-ACID
• PALMITIC-ACID
• SFA
• LINOLENIC-ACID

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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