Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis ... polyunsaturated fats found in fish and nuts. Because palm oil is calorie-dense ...

but the oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, is not native to Asia. It comes from West and central Africa, where archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old palm nuts buried in streambeds deep in the ...

Palm oil, once the world’s cheapest edible oil, has seen a significant ... Many smallholders are hesitant to cut down aging ...