172 : GUTTIFER A. 
per cent. of a fragrant essential oil was obtained ; this was of a 
pale yellow colour, and possessed in a high degree the odour 0 
the flowers, and resembled that of the exudation of the Chio 
‘Turpentine. — . 
_ The seeds yielded to ether 31:5 per cent. of fixed oil, t 
‘kernels alone gave 72°9 per cent. The oil thns obtained hac 
a deep yellow colour, formed orange-coloured mixtures wit! 
sulphuric and nitric acid, was partially soluble in alcohol, an 
had a specific gravity of 0-972 at 17°C., a temperature at 
which it began to set, on account of the crystallization of the 
more solid fats. The hard pericarp contained a considerable 
_ amount of tannin. 
Commerce—True Na gkesar is not an article of commerce tl 
India. The oil of the seeds is sometimes offered for #2 
Value, Rs. 4 per maund in Canara. : 
; and Hook. 
_ Fig.— Wight. Ill. i., 180 ; Ie. ¢. 1999. 
Hab.—Western Peninsula. The flower buds. 
_ Vernacular.—Punndg, Témbra-nagkesar (Mar.), Rati 
kesar (Guz.). ae Bees ee 
- History, Uses, &c.—The. dried buds of this tree 
nally. The fruit is eaten 
sweet Undi. 
