Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, Liberia. The palm tree produces its fruit in bunches that vary in weight from 10 to 40 kg. The individual fruit, which varies from 6 to 20 g, is composed of an outer skin (exocarp), a flesh (mesocarp) that contains palm oil in a fibrous matrix; a central shell consisting of a shell (endocarp) and a nut that in turn contains a very different oil from palm oil, similar to coconut oil.
