oliepalm (English: “oil palm (Elaeis guineensis)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Oil palm cultivation began in 1911 with Belgian/French capital.

Translation

oil palm (Elaeis guineensis)

Description

Oil palm cultivation began in 1911 with Belgian/French capital. The variety used (from West Africa) produces more in Ned. Indië than in its homeland. Yields palmolie (from fruit flesh) and palmpitten (palm kernels), both of commercial value. 11,325 H.A. planted by end 1937; 8,838,500 K.G. palm oil and 1,636,500 K.G. palm kernels exported in 1937.

Significance

The term oliepalm is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

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Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 195, 202, 203.