Explain the traditional technique of Extraction of Oil from Oil Palm Fruit.

      

Explain the traditional technique of Extraction of Oil from Oil Palm Fruit.

  

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Kavungya
o Fruits are removed from the stalk and boiled in metal drums for up to 3 hours.
o They are then put in boat like containers and pounded using pestles until pericarp becomes pulp.
o The nut and the softened pericarp are then put in a hand press and oil squeezed out of the pulp.
o The nuts are cracked and oil squeezed out of kernels for domestic use.
Kavungya answered the question on May 3, 2019 at 11:32


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