Oil palm

Introduction

    Oil palm: (Elaeis guineensis Jacq. = African oil palm )
    Family = Arecaceae /i.e.,Palmae,

  • Oil palm is the highest edible oil yielding crop (4 to 6 tonnes of oil/ha from 3 to 25 years of its life span.) compared to less than one tonne of oil per ha from other cultivated oil yielding crops.

    Sl. No.

    Crop

    Oil yield (tones per ha)

    1.

    Oil palm

    4 to 6

    2.

    Coconut

    0.65 to 1.5

    3.

    Ground nut

    0.35 to 0.45
  • India is importing about 5 to 8 lakh tones of palm oil every year from Malesia, Indonesia for Public Distribution system (PDS).3.1
    • Palm oil : From fleshy mesocarp ( It contains 45 to 55 % oil) (Olive oil is also obtained from mesocarp )
    • Palm kernel oil : From stoney seed ( It contains 50 % oil)
    OIL palm research in India
  • NRC for Oil Palm = National Research Centre for oil palm, Elur, PEDAVEGI- 534 450, West Godavari Dist. AP

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