SEED OILS 103 
TABLE 11.—Analysis of oil cake from ben seeds. 
| Hot- 
pressed oe 
Constituents. cake, ae 
northern ecsiee 
Nigeria. A 


Per cent. | Per cent. 



NVEGIST UTC) poe ee = Se ae oe ee eee ee ee okie soe he te ee te 5. 96 
PMD UE NINOWIS 25 = See aan sae ees See SL ek el Ss Ue nk 24.12 
Wihermitrorenous SuUbstanCese.-= so.) wank see OL Se eee ee 34.81 
UNE = Ce Ea Ce Ee ae aie ee ee ee 11.27 
SESS ere mw Se er Ys Pee ee a Oe ee eon saab eesce se eae ace wed 4.32 
| Papen shee atm are Ey AFF Fda A Se re A yas 5.66 
Other non-nitrorenous substances\-_ 2-2-2 - 20+ 22s 225-25 oe sce eee ee 13. 86 


Pi 


Ben oil consists largely of the glycerides of oleic, palmitic, 
and stearic acids. It also contains a solid acid of high melting 
point. 
Moringa oleifera is a small tree 8 meters or less in height, 
with very soft, white wood and corky bark. The leaves are 
alternate, 25 to 50 centimeters long, and usually thrice pinnate. 
There are three to nine leaflets on the ultimate pinnules. The 
leaflets are 1 to 2 centimeters long. The pod is 15 to 30 centi- 
meters long, pendulous, three-angled, and nine-ribbed. The 
seeds are three-angled and winged on the angles. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines and in 
the tropics generally. It grows rapidly even in poor soil and is 
but little affected by drought. 
Family PITTOSPORACEAE 
Genus PITTOSPORUM 
PITTOSPORUM PENTANDRUM (Blanco) Merr. MAMALIS. 
Local names: Balingkaudyan (Antique); basuit (Abra); bolongkoyan, 
sabodgon (Guimaras Island); darayau (Palawan); dili (Nueva Vizcaya) ; 
lasuit, pasguik (Benguet); mamales (Benguet, Rizal); mamdlis (Panga- 
sinan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna) ; opldi (Iloko) ; pang- 
anto-an (Cebu); taliu (Zambales). 
MAMALIS OIL 
Concerning the oil from this species, Bacon * writes: 
* * * The fruits are quite small, and there is considerable labor 
involved in gathering them. One tree yielded 16 kilos of fruit which after 
grinding gave 210 cubic centimeters of an oil of pleasant odor by distilla- 
tion with steam. The crude oil boiled from 153° to 165° and after being 
washed with alkalies and distilled over sodium, had the following properties: 


* Bacon, R. F., Philippine terpenes and essential oils, III. Philippine 
Journal of Science, Section A, Volume 4 (1909), page 118. 
