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| | US Dispensatory, 1918: Oil of Aleurites triloba. Aleurites triloba. Spanish Walnut Oil, Belgaum Walnut Oil, Kekuke Oil, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | The fruit is a nut nearly as large as a walnut, consisting of a thick shell enclosing a kernel containing much protein and rich in oil, of which it is said to yield nearly one-half its weight by expression. |
 | | The oil has been long known in the various countries inhabited by the plant, being called in Jamaica Spanish walnut oil, in India Belgaum walnut oil, in Ceylon kekune oil, and in the Hawaiian Islands kukui oil. |
 | | Wood oil is used in China and Japan either as a direct application to wood or mixed with various substances, as lacquer varnish, or paint. |
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