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.