Oil-bearing plants of Zaire. III. Botanical families providing oils of relatively high unsaturation

Abstract

Data are tabulated on the seed oil compostion of 16 spp. of Leguminosae (including Albizia lebbeck, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, and Delonix regia), 6 spp. of Euphorbiaceae (including Aleurites moluccana, Hevea brasiliensis and Jatropha curcas) and 1 sp. (Kigelia africana) of Bignoniaceae. The most interesting for food and industrial purposes appear to be Afzelia bella, Adenanthera pavonina and Pentaclethra macrophylla, in addition to A. moluccana and H. brasiliensis. (For part II, see HcA 47, 9822.)