Aleurites Triloba
The candleberry tree, much cultivated in
tropical countries for the sake of its nuts. The nuts or kernels,
when dried and stuck on a reed, are used by the Polynesians as a
substitute for candles and as an article of food; they are
said to
taste like walnuts. When pressed, they yield largely of pure
palatable oil, as a drying oil for paint, and known as artists'
oil. The cake, after the oil has been expressed, is a favorite
food for cattle. The root of the tree affords a brown dye, which
is used to dye cloths.
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