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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
THi; CANDLE TR^^, OR PARMENTIERA 
Photo from Eliza R. Scidmore 
Its original name in India is candle tree, for its peculiar fruit resembles candles and 
contains 60 per cent of very fat oil, used by natives for lamps and also as candles. They have 
trifoliolate leaves and rather large greenish flowers with a sheathing calyx. 
