Oil Palm Plantations
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Investment & Holdings
A unique feature of the oil palm is that it produces two types of oil :
Palm oil from the flesh of the fruit, and palm kernel oil from the seed or kernel.
Palm oil is derived from the flesh of the fruit of the oil palm species E. Guineens is.
In its virgin form, the oil is bright orange-red.
4.49 million hectares of land in Malaysia is under oil palm cultivation;
Oil palm is a monoecious crop as it bears both male and female flowers on the same trees.
Oil palm tree will continue to be productive for the next 20 to 30 years after 30 months of field planting.
The oil palm is the most efficient oil-bearing crop in the world,
Each ripe bunch is commonly known as Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB).
In Malaysia, the oil palm trees planted are mainly the tenera variety.