SOLID OILS, OR VEGETABLE TALLOWS.—Kokum or Cokum Oil, made from the fruit of Garcinia purpurea (Nat. Ord. Clusiaceae), is now frequently imported from India, usually in large candle-shaped rolls about eighteen inches in length, and from one to three inches in diameter. This oil has a sweet balsamic smell, and is said to be wholly used by the candle-makers for their best kind of candles.
Muohwa Oil, or Bassia Butter, is made from the large seeds of Bassia latifolia and Bassia longifolia (Nat. Ord. Sapotaceae). This material, which is rather softer than butter, and of a yellow colour, is used in India for food, burning in lamps, and making soap. It was first imported into England during 1857. The quantity, however, was very small.
Chinese Vegetable Tallow, obtained from the seeds of Stillingia sebifera (Nat. Ord. Euphorbiaceae), by placing them in boiling water, is white, and harder than common tallow. In China it is used for making candles, and in this country it has been employed to give firmness to softer fats, but the quantity sent is very small and uncertain.