Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Elaeis guineensis
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
Jacq.
Common names
African Oil Palm, Oil palm, macaw-fat
Names in other languages (41)Abe, Déti, Mavangati lahi, Mavangati menaka, Mbija n'drume, Mbija matra, Neoñe, Ntĕn, Olajpálma, Olejowiec gwinejski, Oliepalm, Oliepalme, Palma aceitera africana, Palmier a Huile, Palmier à huile, afrikai olajpálma, afrikanische Ölpalme, afrikanöljypalmu, apwiraiasi, dendezeiro, dendê, kelapa sawit, mchikichi, nu tamara, olejnica guinejská, olejnice guinejská, oljepalm, oljna palma, palma africana, palmeira-andim, palmeira-dendê, palmeira-do-azeite, palmeira-do-dendê, palmera aceitera, palmier à huile d'Afrique, Ölpalme, Африканская масличная пальма, ปาล์มน้ำมัน, アブラヤシ, 油棕, 油棕根, 油椰子, 盐匏藤果
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Liliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Arecales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Arecaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Elaeis
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
guineensis
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Elaeis guineensis
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 10:08.
Photo of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Photo: Nicola Crockford · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
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Photo of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Photo: Josiah Londerée · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Photo: ONG SOS Biodiversity · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Photo: Paulmathi Vinod · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 10:08.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 13 is a symbiont of × is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with × has as a parasite × has its flowers visited by × is dispersed by × is adjacent to × has as a host × hasRoost × has as a vector × co-occurs ecologically with × 1 more type with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a symbiont of 1193 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Staphylotrichum tortipilum is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Penicillium guangxiense Trichocomaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Leuconeurospora sp. Pseudeurotiaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Thelonectria pelargonii Nectriaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
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is a host of 642 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 15 not compared
Pestalotiopsis palmarum Pestalotiopsidaceae is a host of 14 no location
Bacillus megaterium Bacillaceae is a host of 13 no location
Ceratocystis paradoxa Ceratocystidaceae is a host of 11 not compared
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is eaten by 199 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pan troglodytes Hominidae is eaten by 6 not compared
Grey-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena Cercopithecidae is eaten by 4 not compared
Western Gorilla Gorilla gorilla is eaten by 4 not compared
Putty-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans Cercopithecidae is eaten by 4 not compared
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interacts with 73 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Centrouropoda almerodai Uropodidae interacts with 9 not compared
Uroobovella phoenicicola Uropodidae interacts with 4 not compared
Pleurotroppopsis podagrica Eulophidae interacts with 3 no location
Brachymeria interacts with 3 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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has as a parasite 62 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Sympiesis aburiana Eulophidae has as a parasite 5 no location
Pediobius setigerus Eulophidae has as a parasite 4 no location
Pleurotroppopsis podagrica Eulophidae has as a parasite 4 no location
Brachymeria has as a parasite 3 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 19 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Lasioglossum duponti Halictidae has its flowers visited by 2 no location
Lasioglossum albobarbatum Halictidae has its flowers visited by 2 no location
Lasioglossum diversum has its flowers visited by Refuted 1 no location
Hypotrigona ruspolii Apidae has its flowers visited by 1 no location
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is dispersed by 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Putty-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans Cercopithecidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Crowned Monkey Cercopithecus pogonias Cercopithecidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Moustached Monkey Cercopithecus cephus Cercopithecidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
Grey-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena Cercopithecidae is dispersed by 1 not compared
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is adjacent to 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Cephalosporiopsis is adjacent to 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Acrodictys elaeidicola Acrodictyaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
Meliola elaeis Meliolaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
Pestalotiopsis palmarum Pestalotiopsidaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
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has as a host 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. elaeidis Nectriaceae has as a host 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Splitgill Schizophyllum commune Schizophyllaceae has as a host 1 no location
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hasRoost 2 organisms

No sanctioned reading for this term yet: it is shown exactly as the source publishes it.

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae hasRoost 1 no location
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae hasRoost 1 no location
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has as a vector 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Mammals Mammalia has as a vector 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae has as a vector 1 not compared
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co-occurs ecologically with 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae co-occurs ecologically with 4 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.