Characteristics and composition of Abutilon pannosum and Hibiscus panduriformis seeds and oils

Abstract

The seeds of Abutilon pannosum (Forst.) Schlecht., syn. A. muti cum (DC.) Sweet, and Hibiscus panduriformis Burm. (Malvaceae), respectively, contained 13.4 and 15.4% oil, and 23.0 and 22.2% protein. The respective seed oil had iodine values of 118.4 and 132.4, and saponification values of 194.3 and 188.8. The fatty acid composition (wt %), as determined by gas liquid chromatography, was: palmitic, 21.3, 12.3; stearic, 2.8, 3.2;oleic, 11.7, 10.2; linoleic, 60.7, 74.3; malvalic, 2.2, trace; sterculic, trace, none; and dihydrocum sterculic, 1.3, none, respectively. © 1982 American Oil Chemists' Society.