List of plants known as oil palm

Oil palm refers to several palms that yield oil from fruit pulp and seeds, primarily

• Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, the major palm oil crop species

but also:

• Attalea maripa, the maripa palm
• Cocos nucifera, the coconut palm, which yields coconut oil from its seeds
• Elaeis oleifera, the American oil palm
• The genus Elaeis, with just two species, E. guineensis and E. oleifera, referred to as the oil-palm genus

See also

• Wax palm