344 OILS AND PATS, ETC. 



Cashew Nut Oil (Anacardium occidentale, Lin). 



Oil of the Becuiba Fruit (Myristica Bicuhiba, Schott). 



Oil of Sapucainha Seeds (Carpotroche Braziliensis, Endl). 



Oil of Castanhas de Sapucaia (Lecythis urnigera, Mart). 



Mandobi, or Amendoiin Oil (Arachis Tiypogea, Lin.), used for rheu- 

 matic affections. 



Capaivi Balsam (Copaifera nitida, Mart). 



Andiroba Oil, extracted from the fruit of the Carapa guyanensis, 

 a fixed, extremely bitter oil, of a yellowish colour when purified. It is 

 employed externally as a deobstruent ; and, as an illuminating oil is 

 equal to any other known. The tree is abundant in the province of 

 Para. This is the Carapa oil as before spoken of, p. 342. 



Bacaba Oil, from the fruit of the palm CEnocarpus bacaba, also abun- 

 dant in Para, a solid oil of a greenish colour, when well made and puri- 

 fied, employed in cooking and for illumination. 



Castanha Oil, obtained from the well-known Brazil nut of commerce 

 (Bertholletia excelsa), of a clear yellow colour, possessing more or less 

 of the flavour of the nut, with a strong tendency to turn rancid. When 

 fresh it is employed for culinary purposes, and can be made into soap, or 

 used for lamps. It is possible to obtain almost an unlimited quantity, 

 the tree being extremely abundant in the province of Para. 



Cumaru Oil, obtained from the seeds of the Dipteryx odorata, of a clear 

 yellow colour, used in perfumery, as a therapeutic in medicine, and 

 for ulcerations of the throat. 



Butter of Cacao, a concrete white oil, obtained from the seeds of Theo- 

 broma Cacao. 



Mucaja Oil, extracted from the fruit of the Acrocomia sclerocarpa, 

 a palm which is abundant in the province. The oil is concrete, and of 

 a yellow colour. 



Pataua Oil, extracted by decoction from the fruit of the CEnocarpus 

 pataua, or distichus, a palm of which there are great quantities in Para. 

 It is a clear yellow transparent oil, which, when well purified, is inodour- 

 ous. It is employed for culinary purposes, and is a perfect substitute for 

 olive oil. 



Piquia Oil, a concrete, brownish oil, extracted by decoction and ex- 

 pression of the pulp of the fruit of Caryocar brasiliensis. It retains the 

 flavour of the fruit from which it is extracted. 



Palm Oil was shown from Liberia, and by the writer. 



The Elais guineensis locally called mchikichi, which is known by 

 the Arabs to grow in the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, and more 

 rarely in the mountains of Usagara, springs apparently uncultivated in 

 large dark groves on the shores of the Tanganyika, where it hugs the 

 margin, rarely growing at any distance inland. The bright yellow drupe* 

 with shiny purple-bark point, though nauseous to the taste is eaten by 

 the people. The mawize or palm oil of the consistency of honey, rudely 



