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Elaeis guineensis, an Uncommon card
Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Elaeis guineensis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Elaeis guineensis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the ______ naturalist Michel Adanson.
Answer
French. The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist Michel Adanson. From the Elaeis guineensis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Connecticut River. Connecticut River 69,000 · Elaeis guineensis 42,000 · Wessex Formation 18,000 · Tropical cyclones and climate change 11,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist Michel Adanson.
- It is native to west and southwest Africa, specifically the area between Angola and The Gambia, the species name, guineensis, refers to the name for the area called Guinea, and not the modern country Guinea now bearing that name.
- The species is also now naturalised in Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Central America, Cambodia, the West Indies, and several islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Elaeis guineensis article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Elaeis guineensis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
