Oil Palm ( Elaeis guineensis Jacquin)

摘要: The oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis Jacquin) is economically important for its and has become one of the major crops world. It a poor man’s edible oil, but because excessive content saturated fats, not exactly healthy heart patient. most productive bearing crop, yields threefold more than what coconut yields, sevenfold rapeseed tenfold soybean yields. To date, in terms world production, maintains second place compared to as source vegetable overtaken other crops, such rapeseed, sunflower, groundnut, cottonseed. emerged sought after “green fuel” Europe, price seen an exponential increase recent years. Malaysia world’s largest producer exporter byproducts. center origin tropical rain forest region West Central Africa. genus belongs family, Palmae, member monocotyledonous group order Spadiciflorae. included Cocoineae tribe together with Cocos , word derived from Greek elaion meaning oil. inevitable population future will translate into increasing demand oils fats. According Malaysian Palm Oil Board, meet demand, fat production projected grow by 24.6 percent 2020. expected contribute 4.4 annually account this increase. chapter discusses various aspects economy holds it.