130 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



The chief vegetable fats in commerce are : 



C b *1 ( f rom Carapa guianensis, Aub. 



Cocoa-nut oil Cocos nucifera, L. 

 Cocoa butter Theobroma Cacao, L. 



Ch i n bTe e tlflow } " Stillin ^ sebi f e > Michx - - 



Dika butter Irvingia Barteri^ Hook. fil. 



Kokum butter Garcinia indica, Choisy. 



Mahwa butter Bassia latifolia, Roxb. 



Shea butter B. Parkii, G. Don. 



Nutmeg oils Myristica moschata, Thunb., etc. 



Piney tallow Valeria indica, L. 



The vegetable-waxes, the first of which alone is of 

 any commercial importance, are : 



Japanese wax from Rhus succedanea, L. 

 Carnauba wax Copernicia cerifera, Mart. 

 Palm-tree wax Ceroxylon andicola, H. and B. 

 Myrtle-berry wax Myrica cerifera, L. 

 Ocuba wax Myristica Ocuba. 



Cow-tree wax Galactodendron. 



Among the chief essential oils in commerce, to 

 which reference will be made in the sequel, are the 

 following : 



Eucalyptus from various species. 



Indian Geranium Andropogon Schosnanthus, L. 



Lemon Grass A. citratus, DC. 



Vetivert A. muricatus, Retz. 



