Cultivation

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Each individual fruitlet (see photograph) is made up of a central 'endocarp' or nut and an outer 'pericarp'. The pericarp consists of a skin or 'exocarp' and a fleshy pulp surrounding the nut which is known as the 'mesocarp'. It is the mesocarp that contains crude palm oil. The nut separately consists of an outer shell and a kernel. The latter contains palm kernel oil, a lauric oil that is similar to coconut oil.