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PHILIPPINE RESINS, GUMS, AND OILS 



The fibers surrounding the seeds are soft, elastic, and immune 

 to moths, and therefore very suitable for stuffing pillows, mat- 

 tresses, etc., for which purposes they are extensively employed. 

 This species is commonly cultivated, particularly along the 

 highways and in towns, in all parts of the Philippines. 



Family STERCULIACEAE 



Genus STERCULIA 

 STERCULIA FOETIDA L. (Figs. 52, 53). Kalumpang. 



Local names: Bangdr (Abra) ; baiigdt, bubi'tr (Ilocos Sur) ; bobog 

 (Iloilo, Palawan) ; bungog (Cagayan) ; kalumpang (Nueva Ecija, Tayabas, 

 Pampanga, Rizal, Bataan, Manila, Laguna, Camarines, Iloilo, Mindoro, 

 Palawan, Cotabato, Apo Island); kurumpdng (Davao). 



KALUMPANG OIL 



The fruits of this species and of several others of the genus 

 contain a number of peanut-like, oily kernels. They are more 

 or less laxative when eaten raw. An oil extracted from them 

 is used locally for illuminating purposes. In some parts of the 

 Islands the oil mixed with white earth is utilized as a paint. 

 The oil is a bland, sweet, yellow oil, having a rather high melting 

 point. Brill and Agcaoili * analyzed the dry, shelled seeds and 

 determined the chemical constants of the oil obtained from them. 

 The results are given in Tables 25 and 26. These tables also 

 include the results obtained by Bolton and Jesson. f 



Table 25. — Composition of dry, shelled, kahimpang seeds. 



Constituents. 



Fat (by extraction of dry seeds) 



Protein (N x6.25) 



Starch 



Sugars 



Cellulose, etc. (by difference) . . 

 Ash 



* Brill, H. C, and Agcaoili, F., Philippine oil-bearing seeds and their 

 properties: II. Philippine Journal of Science, Section A, Volume 10 

 (1915), page 108. 



t Analyst, Volume 40 (1915), page 3. 



