Morphology Of Oil Palm

Trunks/stem

Fruit

Root

Botanical Name: Elaeis guineenis

Common Name : Oil Palm
Family : Palmae

Foliage/fronds

Root
Fibrous root descends from the palm base to the bottom of the soil which consists of secondary,
tertiary and quaternary.
Distribution depends on the soil condition, texture and well aerated soil.
Trunks/stem
Can grow up to 50 feet high it depends on variety of oil palm.
Monocotyledons, unbranched.
Height will cause harvesting problem in the long run.
The frond are arrange either right handed or left handed, but have no significant to fruit
production.
Foliage/fronds
Matured palms carry 25-40 fronds and produced 25 fronds per year.
Inflorescence borne in the axils of the pinnate fronds.
Analysis of foliar is being carried out by taking leaf sample from fronds number 17.
Fruit
Matured depending on weather.
1600 fruits per bunch, 5 cm long and weight 30gm. The fruits characteristic depends on:
Shell thickness.
Colour of epicarp.
Oil content of mesocarp.
Kernel.