170 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 
Thorpe * states that sesame oil cake has the following aver- 
age composition: 
Per cent. 
OI) Fee siiedeck nieve) ee eee 14.63 
Moisture (22-2237. 2 ee ee ee ee 7.65 
POGEING | \.2.:.c2203oe eee ee 36.14 
v\| 4 Bee SOR es kee ee ENE TRS SoS MS a 8. 13.7 
Grude DOr is 235. ee ee ee 4.83 
CTO GIES oo, 6 ea he ety mee Pe en 23.58 
Sesamum orientale is an erect, annual herb 50 to 80 centi- 
meters or more in height. The leaves are 3 to 10 centimeters 
long, the lower often lobed, the middle ones toothed, the upper- 
most almost entire. The petiole is from 1 to 5 centimeters long. 
The corolla is about 3 centimeters long, hairy, whitish, or with 
purplish, red, or yellow marks. The capsule is about 2.5 milli- 
meters long and split half-way or quite to the base. 
This plant is widely cultivated in the Philippines and is occa- 
sionally spontaneous. It is probably a native of tropical Africa, 
but is now widely distributed in tropical and subtropical coun- 
tries. 
The black-seeded variety of Sesamum orientale has been grown 
in the Philippine Islands as a minor crop for many years; the 
white-seeded variety, which produces a finer grade of oil, has 
been recently introduced. 

* Thorpe, E., Dictionary of applied chemistry. Volume 4 (1912), page 
661. 
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