Tamanu oil is pressed from nuts of either Calophyllum inophyllum (usually) or Calophyllum tacamahaca (ati), tropical trees belonging to the Calophyllaceae...
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Calophyllum inophyllum (redirect from Tamanu)
Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, oil-nut, mastwood, beach calophyllum or beautyleaf. It is native to the Old...
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triglycerides. Soybean oil, grape seed oil, and cocoa butter are examples of seed oils, or fats from seeds. Olive oil, palm oil, and rice bran oil are examples...
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the source of tamanu oil, a greenish, nutty-scented oil of commercial value. It has been used as massage oil, topical medicine, lamp oil, and waterproofing...
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Tea tree oil, also known as melaleuca oil, is an essential oil with a fresh, camphoraceous odor and a colour that ranges from pale yellow to nearly colourless...
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oil (rapeseed oil), corn oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil and other vegetable oils, as well as animal-based oils like butter and lard. Oil can...
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Turpentine (redirect from Oil of turpentine)
Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) is a fluid...
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Sassafras (redirect from Sassafras oil)
mockingbirds. Some small mammals also consume sassafras fruits. Sassafras oil contains safrole, which may have a carcinogenic effect. All parts of sassafras...
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Eucalyptus oil is the generic name for distilled oil from the leaves of Eucalyptus, a genus of the plant family Myrtaceae, mostly native to Australia...
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Tea seed oil (also known as camellia oil, camellia seed oil, teanut oil) is an edible plant oil. It is obtained from the seeds of Camellia oleifera. Camellia...
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Brazil nut (redirect from Castanha oil)
selenium blood levels and increase HDL cholesterol in obese women. Brazil nut oil contains 48% unsaturated fatty acids composed mainly of oleic and linoleic...
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Sandalwood oil is an essential oil obtained from the steam distillation of chips and billets cut from the heartwood of various species of sandalwood trees...
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Frankincense (redirect from Olibanum oil)
λίβανος or libanus. The leading "o" may have come from Latin: oleum, lit. 'oil', or from the Greek article o- or Arabic article al-. Other names include...
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can also be carved into the ribs of the boat. Aside from shipbuilding, tamanu oil extracted from the fruit kernels were important in Polynesian culture...
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industry, the oil being known as tamanu oil, for skin cleaning, and against skin wrinkles, after tattoo skin care. The fruit is composed of 44% of oil, and it...
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Kokum butter (redirect from Garcinia indica oil)
Kokum butter or kokum oil is a fat derived from the seeds of the kokum tree (Garcinia indica; also known as wild mangosteen or red mangosteen). Kokum...
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Creosote (redirect from Creosote oil)
creosote have also been made from both oil shale and petroleum, and are known as oil-tar creosote when derived from oil tar, and as water-gas-tar creosote...
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Tamarind (redirect from Tamarind seed oil)
metal polish. The tree's wood can be used for woodworking and tamarind seed oil can be extracted from the seeds. Tamarind's tender young leaves are used...
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Birch bark tar (redirect from Birch oil)
bark oil after tanning. This leather was a major export good from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Russia, as the availability of birch bark oil limited...
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List of vegetable oils (redirect from Oil crop)
manufacture. A further byproduct called tall oil fatty acid (TOFA) is a cheap source of oleic acid. Tamanu or foraha oil from the Calophyllum tacamahaca, is important...
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Madhuca longifolia (section Mahura Oil)
vegetable butter. It can also be used as a fuel oil. The seed cakes obtained after extraction of oil constitute very good fertilizer. The flowers are...
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originally placed in. Other names for this oil include honge oil, kanuga oil, karanja oil, and pungai oil. Millettia pinnata is native to South and Southeast...
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Camphor (redirect from Camphor oil)
of African blue basil). Camphor can also be synthetically produced from oil of turpentine. The compound is chiral, existing in two possible enantiomers...
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Varnish (redirect from Oil varnish)
are many different types of drying oils, including linseed oil, tung oil, and walnut oil. These contain high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Drying...
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Nagkesar oil is extracted from seeds of the nagkesar tree (Mesua ferrea, Hindi: नागकेसर). It belongs to the Calophyllaceae family. It is an East Indian...
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such as lenses. Rosin is added in small quantities to traditional linseed oil/sand gap fillers ("mastic"), used in building work. When mixed with waxes...
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Phulwara oil is extracted from seeds of Phulwara tree (Diploknema butyracea; family Sapotaceae). Phulwara Trees are also known locally as Chiuri Trees...
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ivory in color when raw and commonly dyed yellow with borututu root or palm oil. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer or lotion. It is edible...
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possible. After the bark is collected, it is distilled to make birch oil. The oil is added to the carbonated drink to give it the distinctive flavor, reminiscent...
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Vateria indica oil is extracted from the seeds of the Vateria indica plant, a species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The Vateria indica plant is indigenous...
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