The 6-hour duration was sufficient for better oil extraction and higher yields using hexane as the apolar solvent. Generally speaking, the solvent extraction process is very efficient, especially for ...

By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEYGhana’s oil palm industry is grappling with a significant production shortfall, raising concerns about the sector’s long-term sustainability and competitiveness.Despite an ...

Palmyra palm is a resilient, multi-use tree offering nutrition, income, and sustainable rural livelihoods through sap, fruits ...

Phoenix reclinata Senegal Date Palm is stunning in the landscape.  Its multiple trunks spread outward gracefully, creating ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about crape myrtles, summer vegetables, lemon trees, tomato plants, indoor palms and ...

In Burundi, the European Fan Palm, an important tree species in citizens’ lives, has lost an essential part of its life cycle due to a change in the ecological chain.

The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native to West Africa and treasured by local communities. “In the rural ...

For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

Their findings reveal that establishing islands of trees within large oil palm monocultures can promote the recovery of native tree diversity through natural regeneration.

Tree islands restore nature in oil palm plantations Research team led by Göttingen University investigate native species recovery in Sumatra Date: November 18, 2024 Source: University of ...

A long-lost tree species has new life after scientists planted a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s during an archaeological dig.