40 
‘y har ick nut; the pericarp is 
h ex, and contain a very hard thich t; ( rp 
eit thin, and of a dark reddish colour. The yield of oil worked 
out by native methods is 11°2 per cent. 
“5, Adi-be. Fruits long, with small hard nuts. Pericarps very 
fleshy, brick red, black at apex. This variety is exceedingly 
ubu-be. Fruits resemble Abe-tuntum. Pericarps very 
fleshy ; fibre in the pericarps very short, and, after being beaten, 
it looks as if it had been ground in a machine. This variety is 
very scarce, only a few trees being known. Yield of oil 25 per cent. 
2nd Group. 
size, similar in shape and colour to Abe-tuntum. Shells of the nut 
very thin, and can easily be cracked with the teeth. Not very 
abundant, but found in the Eastern and Central Provinces. It 1s 
undoubtedly the pick of the collection. Average yield of oil, 
19°3 per cent. Two experiments ‘A’ and ‘B’ carried out with 
this variety are given below. In the former the oil was extracted 
by boiling, and in the latter the oil was extracted by ether— 
A. B. 
Oil ud ++ 23°07 per cent. 22°60 per cent. 
Fibrous waste we 8G 18°40, 
Shell and kernel ore S408 44:00 
” 33 
Loss during process... 46°63 iy IDO. 4 
ore 
eee 
Eotakiy' a, «+» 99°98 100°00 
3rd Group. 
“8. Abe-Ohene. ‘The king palm.’ 
a village some five miles from Aburi. 
Southern Nigeria. Yield of oil, 15 
“T have not got statistics to give replies as to the quality of the 
various oils, but locally there is no distinction made, as the natives 
do not keep the oil produced by the various varieties separate. 
2g? Anderson, J., Report upon Bot, and Agric, Dept., Gold Coast, for 1907, 
