70 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 
Heyne * reports that oil from the seeds of Artocarpus elastica 
is used in cooking and as a hair oil. 
Artocarpus elastica is a stately tree with trunks 60 to 90 cen- 
timeters in diameter. The leaves are alternate, crowded, obtuse 
at both ends, occasionally lobed towards the apex, the larger 
ones 20 to 30 centimeters wide, and 60 to 90 centimeters long. 
The male spikes are cylindrical, oblong, soft or spongy, and 
yellowish. The female heads are somewhat rounded or ellip- 
tical. The fruit is heavy, at least 10 centimeters long, and 
covered with brownish, hairy appendages. The seeds are em- 
bedded in whitish, more or less gummy pulp of a delicious tart 
flavor. They resemble peanuts, and when roasted have a similar 
flavor. 
There are about twenty species of the genus Artocarpus, all 
having latices which resemble those of anubing and gumihan, 
and which are used for various purposes such as making bird- 
lime and other sticky substances. 
Family LEGUMINOSAE 
Genus ACACIA 
ACACIA FARNESIANA Willd. AROMA. 
The gum of this species is mentioned under the heading of 
essential oils. 
Genus SESBANIA 
SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA Pers. KATURAI. 
Local names: Diana (Davao); katuri (Pampanga, Tayabas); katudai 
(Ilocos Norte and Sur, Abra, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Union) ; katurai 
(Cagayan, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Zambales, Bataan, Rizal, Taya- 
bas, Manila, Batangas, Laguna, Mindoro, Camarines, Zamboanga) ; gauai- 
gduai (Manila, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon, Capiz, Negros); gauwi-gdui 
(Guimaras Island). 
KATURAI GUM 
This species produces a clear gum used locally as a substitute 
for gum arabic. The flowers and young fruits are cooked and 
eaten as vegetables. 
Sesbania grandiflora is a tree 5 to 10 meters in height. The 
leaves are alternate, 20 to 30 centimeters long, and pinnate with 
20 to 40 pairs of leaflets, which are 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters long. 
The flowers are white and from 7 to 9 centimeters long. The 
pods are 20 to 60 centimeters long, 7 to 8 millimeters wide, some- 
what curved, and contain many seeds. 

* Heyne, K., De Nuttige Planten van Nederlandsch-Indié, Volume 2 
(1916), page 49. 
