Cookbook:Oil Palm Fruit

The oil palm fruit—also called oil palm nut, banga fruit, or palm fruit—is the fruit of the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis.

Characteristics
The fruit is approximately plum-sized and reddish-orange in color. It has a single seed or kernel.

Uses
The flesh of the oil palm fruit can be pounded and strained to produce a liquid called palm fruit extract or concentrate. This is especially used to make banga soup. The fruit and the kernel can also be processed to make palm oil.