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n. - Oil palms.

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  • Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is an important export commodity for Indonesia.
  • Elaeis oleifera is found in coastal swamp forests from the lower basin of the Amazon to southern Mexico.
  • The oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, provides about 15 per cent of the vegetable oil traded on world markets.
  • The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is common, and the understory is often dominated by rattans (e.g. Calamus deerratus).
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