Bodhi Name: White Bodhi.

Plant Name: Oil Palm

Scientific name: oil palm.

Alias: oil coconut, African oil palm

Family and genus: palm oil palm.

The fruits of oil palm are "hidden" in hard petioles with thorns on the edges, which are nearly oval in shape and smooth in skin. When it first grows, it is green or dark brown, and the size is like a broad bean. When it matures, it gradually turns yellow or red, slightly larger than pigeon eggs. After picking the ripe oil palm fruit, add some sugar or salt, boil it with water and you can eat it directly. The pulp is oily but not greasy, fragrant and refreshing, but there are some crude fibers in the pulp, which are easy to plug teeth.

Uses: The main products are palm oil and palm kernel oil. Refined palm oil is an edible oil with high nutritional value and can be used to make margarine. Palm oil is mainly used to make soap, lubricating oil and cosmetics. It is also an auxiliary agent for textile industry, leather industry and tin plating. Palm kernel oil is delicious. It is not only used to directly eat and make margarine, but also used to make high-grade soap, soap and various cosmetics. Besides, brown rice flour is a good feed and fertilizer. The shell can be made into activated carbon, which can be used as decoloring agent and medicine. The empty ears after fruit removal can be made into kraft paper, which can be used as fertilizer, fuel and cultivation of straw mushroom. The juice flowing out after the immature inflorescence is cut can be used for wine making, sugar making and drinks.