Y2 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 spong>% 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 GRAND! FLORA Pers. Katurai. 



Local names: Diana (Davao) ; katiiri (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- 

 gdnai (Manila, Camarines, Albay, Sorsogon, Capiz, Negros) ; gaui-gdui 

 (Guimaras Island). 



KATURAI GUM 



This species produces a clear gum used locally as a substitute 

 for gum arable. The flowers and young fruits are cooked and 

 eaten as vegetables. 



Seshania 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-Indie, Volume 2 

 (1916), page 49. 



