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The oil has been tried at Madras, and is considered to. be of a superior 

 quality to linseed. The nut when fresh is said to be of a purgative 

 nature, but if kept for a year it loses that quality." 



Dr Hunter, of Madras, states, " It will not do as a substitute for olive 

 or almond oil except for a few purposes, as it is a drying oil, though it does 

 not dry so quickly as linseed. We may perhaps require it in our School 

 of Arts as a painting oil, for which it seems well suited, as it does not get 

 stiff and cloggy like the linseed oil, nor does it turn brown, I believe, in 



drying." 



Roxburgh says, in his ' Flora Indica,' that " the kernels taste very much 

 like fresh walnut, and are reckoned wholesome : they yield by expression 

 a large portion of very pure, palatable oil." 



This oil has been experimented upon successfully in the West Indies 

 as a drying oil, and appears to have answered every expectation. 



BEN; SoHUNJUNA ; MORUNGHY YENNAI, Tam. ; MORUNGA NOONA, 



Tel.; Sahujna, Hind. {Moringa pterygosperma). — This oil is valuable, because 

 it does not soon turn rancid ; and it might be extensively procured, as the 

 tree is common throughout India. But though the flowers, foliage, and 

 fruit are eaten by the natives, and the rasped root employed as a substitute 

 for horse-radish, the oil is seldom extracted, and does not form an article 

 of export, except in very small quantities. It is occasionally employed 

 by the natives as an unguent in gout and rheumatism. 



Boxduc Nut ; Kutkulega ; Kutkaranga Calichikai (Guilandina 

 Bonduc). — This oil is medicinal only ; it is considered useful in palsy and 

 other diseases. 



Bryony Oil; Toomuttikai vennai, Tam.; Boddama Kaia, Tel. 

 {Bryonia callosa).— Bryony oil is burnt in lamps in India in parts where 

 the plant abounds, but it is not extensively procurable. The bitter seeds 

 are employed medicinally. The oil is only locally known, and is 

 obtained by boiling the seeds in water. 



Cabbage-seed Oil ; Goosikeeray yennay (Brassica sp.) — In the 

 Madras Exhibition a sample of this oil was shown in the Madras Tariff 

 Collection, but it received no notice in the Jury Reports. 



Capala-seed (Rottlera tinctoria). — The oil which is obtained plenti- 

 fully from the kernels of this fruit after the removal of the celebrated 

 Kupli or Kamala powder, promises to be of some importance medicinally 

 as a cathartic oil, and deserves a more complete investigation. Hitherto 

 the oil has only been employed in India for lamps, but we do not doubt 

 its suitability for a higher office. 



Cardamom-seed Oil (Elettaria cardamomum). — A fixed oil obtained 

 from cardamom seeds, insoluble in alcohol, aether, and the oils both 

 fixed and volatile. It has some analogy to castor oil. This oil has onlv 

 a medicinal application. 



Cashew Nut ; Moondree Cottay, Tam. ; Kajeo, Hind. {Anacardium 

 occidentale). — This light-yellow and sweet-tasted oil is affirmed to be equal, 

 if not superior, as an edible oil to that of the olive or almond. The 



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