Oil palm (Elæis guineensis Jacq.) is not new to Cameroon, since it is indigenous to the countries bordering the Gulf of Guinea. People in the rainforest region of Cameroon used to harvest fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from the wild dura variety to produce palm oil and kernel oil, and fell and tap old stands of both dura and pisifera varieties to produce palm wine, which is a much cherished liquor. The hybrid tenera oil palm variety produces the highest yield—up to eight times more—compared to other vegetable oil crops like soybean, sunflower or rapeseed (Mathew et al. 2007; Feintrenie and Rafflegeau 2012; Jacquemard 2012).

Authors: Nkongho, R.N.; Feintrenie, L.; Levang, P.

Subjects: forests, kernels, oil palms, palm oils, rain forests

Publication type: Paper-UR, Publication

Year: 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/004859