Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Elaeis guineensis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Jacq.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 280 (1763)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1763	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	African oil palm	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	2500 cm	2500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 540	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 668	Not on the record
Fruit color	red, orange, black	black, orange, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 540	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	drupe · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	panicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	500 cm	500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 339, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	24.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 504	Not on the record

Elaeis guineensis Jacq., 1763 18% complete

African oil palm

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