oils and fats, etc. 

 Table of Specific Characteristics of Indian Oils. 



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Name. 



Colour, &c. 



Density 



Colour given to the Oil by 

 a drop of Sulphuric Acid. 



Liuum usitatissimum 





929 



Clear chesnut. 



Pongamia glabra . 



Saffron yellow . . 



0.937 



Orange, with rays of 

 sulphur yellow. 



Cassuvium pomiferum 



Pale yellow . . . 



0.915 



Citron yellow. 



Papaver somniferum . 



j? 



0.923 



Do., afterwards orange 



Cucurbita maxima 





0.918 



Citron yellow. 



Butea frondosa . 



Pale, bitter . . . 



0.928 



Citron yellow, turning 

 to marone. 



Argemone Mexicana . 



Orange yellow . . 



0.928 



Deep yellow, turning 

 to red. 



Cucumis melo . . . 



Pale yellow . . 



0.926 



Brown, passing to 

 marone. 



Cucumis sativus . 



}> 



0.926 



Marone, changing to 

 brown. 



Hibiscus carmabinus . 



>) 



0.926 



Citron yellow, passing 

 to orange. 



Jatropha montana 



Orange yellow, thick 



0.960 



Yellow, passing to 



Eriodendron anfractu- 







marone. 





Clear yellow . . . 



0.926 



Orange yellow. 



Buchanania latifolia . 



White, when at rest 









deposits stearine . 



0.913 



Deep yellow, changing 

 to marone. 



Feronia elephantum . 



Clear yellow . . . 



0.923 



Marone. 



Nicotiana tabacum . 



>) 



0.926 



Marone, passing to 



Calophyllum inophyl- 







black. 





Clear yellow with a 









green shade, thick . 



0.937 



Orange, passing to red. 





Yellow, with an allia- 









ceous odour 



0.915 



Orange, passing to ma- 



Carthamus tinctorius . 



Clear yellow, with a 





rone. 





brown deposit . . 



0.923 



Citron yellow, passing 



Azadiraehta indica 



Deep yellow, with an 





to marone. 





alliaceous odour . 



0.923 



Fellow, passing to ma- 

 rone. 



Curcas purgans 



Deep yellow, viscous 



0.918 



Citron yellow, passing 



Bassia longifolia . . 



Clear yellow, deposit- 





to orange. 





ing stearine 



0.912 



Pale yellow, afterwards 

 citron. 



Cocos nucifera . . ' . 



White ..... 



926 



Slightly coloured, grey- 

 ish yellow. 



Arachis hypogea . . 





922 



Clear yellow, passing 

 to citron. 



Oils Shown from Brazil. — Oil of St. Ignacius bean (Feuillea cordi- 

 Jolia and rnonosperma, Veil.) 



Oil of Castanha de Jabota (Feuillea passiflora, Veil. ; Anisosperma 

 passiflora, Mart). 



Melon-seed Oil {Cucurbita citrullus, Lin). 



Oil of the seeds of Maniono do mate (Mabeafistuligna, Mart). 



Oil of Carocos of Anda-acu (Anda Gomesu, or Andiscus pentaplnjllus). 



Purging nut oil {Jatropha curcas, Lin). 



