142 PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 



Richmond and Rosario say that the physic nuts they examined 

 gave 45 per cent of hulls and 55 per cent of kernels ; the latter 

 yielded by extraction with chloroform 63.05 per cent of oil, 

 which corresponds to 34.65 per cent calculated on the basis of 

 whole seeds. 



Jatropha curcas is an erect shrub or small tree 2 to 5 meters 

 in height. The leaves are entire, angular or somewhat 3- to 

 5-lobed, and 10 to 18 centimeters long; the apex is pointed, the 

 base heart-shaped, the petiole long. The flowers are greenish 

 white, and 7 to 8 millimeters in diameter. The capsule is rounded, 

 at first fleshy, but later becoming dry, and composed of 2 or 3 

 one-seeded divisions which are 3 or 4 centimeters long. 



This species is a native of tropical America, but is now 

 thoroughly naturalized and widely distributed throughout the 

 Philippines, being most commonly cultivated in towns as a 

 hedge-plant. Hence the name tubang-bakod, tuba being a name 

 given to many plants of this family used for poisoning fish and 

 bcikod the Tagalog word for hedge or fence. 



JATROPHA MULTIFIDA L. Mana, 



Local name: Ma-ad (Spanish-Filipino). 



MANA OIL 



According to Heyne * the seeds are poisonous and contain 

 about 30 per cent of oil, which is apparently very similar to 

 that of Jatropha curcas. It is used in Java more for illu- 

 minating purposes than as a purgative. 



Jatropha multifida is a shrub 2 or 3 meters in height. The 

 petioles are as long as the leaves. The leaves are alternate, 

 15 to 30 centimeters long and divided nearly to the base into 

 about ten rather narrow lobes, which are in turn frequently 

 lobed. The flowers are red and 5 to 6 millimeters long. The 

 capsule is somewhat three-angled and about 2 centimeters long. 



This species is occasionally cultivated in the Philippines and 

 is distributed from Luzon to Mindanao. 



Genus MALLOTUS 

 MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS Muell.-Arg. Banato. 



BANATO OIL 



A description and the local names of this species are given 

 in the section on dyes. 



According to Watt f the seeds yield 5.83 per cent of a bland 



* Heyne, K., De Nuttige Planten van Nederlandsch-Indie, Volume 3 

 a917), page 100. 



t Watt, G., The commercial products of India (1908), page 757. 



