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Title
ELAEIS GUINEENSIS /AFRICAN OIL PALM #117722450
Description
CLOSELY RELATED TO AMERICAN OILPALM OLEIFERA .USUALLY REACHED 8_12m TALL .HABITAT; NATURAL FORESTS ,RUDERALS /DISTURBED .TRUNK IS STOUT ERECT ,,SOLITARY COVERED BY PERSISTENT LEAF BASIS ABOVE ,BARE BELOW DARK GRAY BROWN AND RINGED ,LEAVES ARE LARGED COMPOUND PINNATE ,THE LOWER SEGMENT ARE SPINES ON THE LEAF STALK & x28;petiole& x29; MARGINS, SEGMENT MANY, MALES AND FEMALES FLOWERS ON SAPRATE CLUSTER but ON SAME PLANT & x28;MONOECIOUS& x29; ,INFLORISENCE LARGE, SPINY TIPS BRANCHED, BORN CLOSE TO THE TRUNK .