Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) was vegetatively propagated by tissue culture in NIFOR on a NAA medium which provided a very short callus stage. The following stages were identified; callus (initiation and maintenance), embryoid, plantlet (ramet), prenursery (sand culture), nursery, and field planting. Normal male and female inflorescences which led to normal fresh fruit bunches (FFB), were produced by the tissue culture palms two and a half years after planting the plantlets in the field.