SOME 01L-I;KAI1IN(t SKKHS INDKiKNors TO 

 iilTRENSLAMi. 



By FRANK SMITH, B.Sc, F.I.C. 



{Rend bf^fore the Roi/aJ Sorieti/ of Queensland, August 14/7*, 



Jil'U.) 



II.^THE OIL OF CALLOPHYLLUM IXOPHVLLUM 



(Domba Nut). 



Callophyllum iNOPHYLLrM (N. O. (iuttifera'). widely 

 <listributed over East Africa, the East Indies and Polynesia, 

 occurs ]jlentifully in Queensland on the northern seaboard. 

 The tree is an evergreen, commonly referred to in literature 

 as the Alexandrian Lauiel. the fruits as Laurel or Domba 

 Xuts. under Avhich latter name they were submitted to me 

 through the courtesy of Howai-d Newport, Esq., Instructor 

 in Tropical Agriculture. The examination of their oil 

 is interesting in comjiarisou with r'allojjhylhun iiiophyllum 

 oil elsewhere reported. 



An account of the oil appears in the Agricultural 

 Ledger (1911-12, No. o) ■ Oils and Fats of India" 

 (Dictionary of Economic Products), and its commercial 

 examination has recently been conducted at the Imperial 

 Institute. (Bull. Imp. Inst.. Vol. XI., No. 4, Oct. -Dec, 

 1913.) 



The Domba nut examined by the author agreed in 

 general characteristics with Indian specimens. The 

 average weight, enclosed in the dried pericarp, was 16,7 

 grams, of which the pericarp weighed 2.7 grams. The 

 shell is soft, woody, and easily broken ; the kernel yellowish- 



