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The Basics of Oil Palm Growth

:: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 :: Posted By Weng Kee Ch'ng
The Basics of Oil Palm Growth
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the oil palm fruit. The oil primarily comes from the African oil palm and to a lesser extent from American oil palm and maripa palm (Attalea maripa).

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