EditorialOIL-PALM (Eloeis Guineensis). Elaeis is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm Elaeis guineensis (the species name guineensis referring to i...
EditorialSteatornis caripensis, Print, The oilbird (Steatornis caripensis), locally known as the gu?charo, is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the island of Trinidad. It is the only species in the genus Steatornis and the fa...
EditorialSteatornis caripensis, Print, The oilbird (Steatornis caripensis), locally known as the gu?charo, is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the island of Trinidad. It is the only species in the genus Steatornis and the fa...
EditorialAfrican oil palm or macaw-fat, Elaeis guineensis. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887.
EditorialAsian palmyra palm, toddy palm, or sugar palm, Borassus flabellifer 1, and African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.
EditorialOIL-PALM (Eloeis Guineensis). Elaeis is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm Elaeis guineensis (the species name guineensis referring to i...