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Kapok. ( Eriodendron anfractuosum) . — A 
moderate sized quick-growing tree, 
primarily cultivated for the fibre known as kapok. 
The seed contains about 20 per cent, of oil which 
is used to a certain extent, especially in Holland, 
for edible and soap making purposes. It is not a 
well-known oil, but it can be used for the same 
purposes as cotton seed oil; the cake, also, is a 
valuable feeding stuff. There is reason to expect 
that, with regular shipments of seed coming forward, 
the market for this oil will extend considerably. 
Cotton. ( Gossypium spp.) .—Cotton seed is one 
of the most important of the world’s 
oil-bearing seeds, in the same way as cotton is the 
most important of all known fibre plants. The seed 
contains about 20 per cent, of oil which, when 
refined, is used to an enormous extent in the prepara- 
tion of substitute butters and edible fats, while the 
lower grades are employed in soap making and for 
a variety of other purposes. Cotton seed cake is 
one of .the most common feeding stuffs, being 
particularly suitable for cattle. 
So far, cotton has only been grown on a small ex- 
perimental scale in this country. 
The current prices (Sept. 1923) are as follows: 
Cotton seed £9 to £11. per ton, Cotton seed oil £37 
per ton. 
Illipe. The so-called Illipe nuts, which are a 
forest product largely imported into 
Singapore from Borneo, Sumatra and other small 
islands of the Malayan Archipelago, are obtained 
from the fruits of various species of plants, among 
them being species of Shorea and Isoptera (N. 0. 
Dipterocarpeae) and a species of Palaquium (N. 0. 
