Oil-tea camelliaCamellia oleifera
- Regions
- South of the Yangtze, China: Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Fujian
- Products
- Tea seed oil
- Uses
- Premium edible oil; the largest woody oil crop in China by output and policy support
Industry line
Forest Oil Crops
Woody oil crops end to end — improved varieties, planting, crushing, refining, oil trade and subsidy policy. Camellia, oil palm, olive, coconut and tung: a chain whose logic differs sharply from timber forestry.
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Major woody oil crops
Growing regions and product structure for six species
Oil palmElaeis guineensis
- Regions
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, West Africa, Latin America
- Products
- Palm oil, palm kernel oil
- Uses
- The world’s most produced vegetable oil; food, consumer goods and biodiesel — and the central commodity under EUDR
OliveOlea europaea
- Regions
- Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunisia; Longnan and Sichuan in China
- Products
- Olive oil, table olives
- Uses
- Core of the Mediterranean diet; prices swing hard with rainfall and the Spanish harvest
CoconutCocos nucifera
- Regions
- Philippines, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka
- Products
- Coconut oil, copra
- Uses
- Edible oil and oleochemical feedstock; the main source of lauric acid
Tung treeVernicia fordii
- Regions
- Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan in China
- Products
- Tung oil
- Uses
- A drying oil for coatings, inks and electrical insulation. Inedible — an industrial oil
JatrophaJatropha curcas
- Regions
- India, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America
- Products
- Jatropha oil
- Uses
- Non-food biodiesel feedstock; drought-tolerant and growable on degraded land