540 



OILS 



long, 3 to 4 in. broad, and crowded at the tips of the branches. 

 The large fleshy "nuts" (seeds), of which each fruit contains only 

 one, yields a large percentage of stearine fat, which is suitable 

 for candle and soap manufacture. This has been valued by the 

 Imperial Institute at about "27 per ton, i.e., approximately the 

 same as soft palm-oil (Elan's). The tree was introduced at Pera- 

 deniya Gardens in 1898. 



OTHER IMPORTANT OIL-YIELDING PLANTS 

 OF THE TROPICS. 



[ See also Standard and Minor Products of Ceylon ]. 

 Those marked * are indigenous to or common in Ceylon. 



[.S, ^Sinhalese ]. 

 Samples of seeds have recently been valued at the Imperial Institute at 12, per ton. 



