Elaioplasts are a type of leucoplast which is specialized for the storage of lipids. Elaioplasts house oil body deposits as rounded plastoglobuli, which are essentially fat droplets.

Being a variety of leucoplast, elaioplasts are non-pigmented and fall into the much broader organelle category of plant plastids. A different example of a storage-specialized leucoplast is the amyloplast.

Some other important plastids

• Chloroplast and Etioplast
• Chromoplast
• Leucoplast
• Amyloplast

Elaioplast