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plant appears to Ikxyg been introduced by the Portuguese 

 from Brazil, where tlio oil of the seeds is known ns Finltocn oil, 

 and is used as an emetic. 



At Martinique it is called Ipcca pai/Sj on account of its being 

 used in a similar manner ; one seed acts as an ometo-cathartic. 

 Oorro and Lejanne state that the Creole women used to prepare 

 an " Omnge pwgative" by macerating an orange in the oil for a 

 month, and then drying it ; this orange, when rubbed in the 

 hands and smelt, was believed to act as a purgative. 



According to Sonbeiran, the oil of these seeds is very 

 similar to, if not identical with, that of /. Otircas. 



roxico%?/.— Cases of accidental poisoning by the fruits have 

 been recorded in India, chiefly among children Avho have been 

 attracted by their tempting colour. The symptoms have been 

 similar to those produced by J. Cnrcas. 



ALEURITES MOLUCCANA, wm 



'Fig,~LamL III, i. 791 ; A. Jnss. Tent. Eupliorh., t. 12; 

 Eumph. Amh. il, t. 58. Candleberry tree (£'i?f7.), Aleurit des 

 MoUuques (Fr.). 



Hab. — Pacitic Islands. Cultivated in India. The oih 



F(^r;wf?f7a;-.— Jangli-akhrot {Rind), Ildn-akhrot, Japhala 

 {Mar.), Jangli-akhroda {Guz.), Natta-akhrotu {Tarn., TeL), 

 Nat-akrodu {Can.}. 



History, Uses, &C.— Pamiphius(iii., 13) states that tbc 



Javanese and Macassars make candles of the seeds of this tree, 

 cither pounded and mixed with cocoanut or cotton seeds, or simply 

 strung upon a piece of split bamboo ; they also eat the seeds raw 

 and ^ roasted. In the South of India, where the tree is nmeh 

 cultivated, the seeds are known as Indian walnuts, ^^hcu 

 pressed they yield n large proportion of oil, used as a drying 

 Oil for paint, and known as country walnut oil, bankoul-uut 

 oil and artist's oil, Jn Ceylon it is caUed Ifeli^m oil, and 

 m the bnna^vich Islands, where it is used as a mordant 

 lurtLc,.vc.:;-,Uo dyes, Kahn oil In these iJands nlo»e 



