Elaeis than oils made from canola, corn, linseed, soybeans, safflower, and sunflowers, it can withstand extreme deep-frying heat and resists oxidation. It contains no trans fat, and its use in food has increased as food-labelling laws have changed to specify trans fat content. Oil from "Elaeis guineensis" is also used as biofuel. Human use of oil palms may date back to about 5,000 years in coastal west Africa. Palm oil was also discovered in the late 19th century by archaeologists in a tomb at Abydos dating back to 3000 BCE. It is thought that Arab traders brought the oil palm to
Motandra guineensis Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Uganda and Angola. Motandra guineensis Motandra guineensis grows as a climbing shrub or liana up to long, with a stem diameter of up to . Its fragrant flowers feature a white to greenish white corolla. Fruit is dark green with paired follicles, each up to long. "M. guineensis" is found in a variety of habitats from sea-level to altitude. In local traditional medicine, it is used for eye infections, toothache, headache and postpartum stomach pain. The plant is found in Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sudan, Cameroon, the Central