A novel cDNA of an SF21-like protein or NDR-like protein (EgNDL) from Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is 1,044 bp in length and encodes a putative protein with a 347-amino-acid open reading frame. The EgNDL showed 93% identity to the pollen-specific SF21-like protein of Phoenix dactylifera and also showed 79% identity to the NDL protein of Theobroma cacao.