List of plants known as oil palm

Oil palm refers to several palms that yield oil from fruit pulp and seeds, primarily


 * Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, the major palm oil crop species

but also:
 * Attalea maripa, the maripa palm
 * Cocos nucifera, the coconut palm, which yields coconut oil from its seeds
 * Elaeis oleifera, the American oil palm
 * The genus Elaeis, with just two species, E. guineensis and E. oleifera, referred to as the oil-palm genus