eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Agricultural Research 2333-0678 2016-06-17 4 4 114 118 10.12691/wjar-4-4-3 WJAR2016443 article Luyindula N. zeph.luyindula@feronia.com 1 Mantantu N. 1 Muembo D. 1 Batanga R. 2 Bois d'Enghien P. 3 Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale de Yaligimba (Creaty), 1963 Route des Poids lourds Kinshasa. B.P.: 8611 Kinshasa I DRC Feronia DRC, 1963 Route des Poids lourds Kinshasa DRC Bureau d'Etudes Bois d'Enghien, 18 Rue Victor Horta, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgique This study has confirmed that the pure albescens oil palm does not exist. There are 2 types of albescens well-described in this paper: albo-nigrescens and albo-virescens. An open-pollinated albo-virescens progeny planted at Yaligimba has shown 36% albo-nigrescens, 36% of albo-virescens, 18 % virescens and 9% nigrescens palms. However, the self-pollinated albo-nigrescens progenies have revealed only two types of palms, 77% albo-nigrescens, 23% nigrescens palms, but no virescens and no albo-virescens. Differences among different oil palm types appear not only on the fruit colours, but also on the colours of rachis, petioles and inflorescences. The albo-nigrescens and albo-virescens progenies planted at Yaligimba plantation have shown short heights, and also has given acceptable bunch productions. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjar/4/4/3/wjar-4-4-3.pdf prospection morphology fruit colour heritability