Observers.| References.
| Equiv- | | No. | |
| alent.[6] | deg.C.| | |
|___________|_______|________|____________|_______________________________
| | | | |
| 295.1 | 78.12 | 42.5 | Lewkowitsch|_J. S. C. Ind._, 1907, p. 1266.
| 287.7 | 75.3 | | Edie. |_Quart. J. Inst. Comm.
| | | | | Research in Tropics._
|___________|_______|________|____________|_______________________________

_Cohune-nut oil_ is produced from the nuts of the cohune palm, which
flourishes in British Honduras. This oil closely resembles cocoa-nut and
palm-nut oils and is stated to saponify readily and yield a soap free
from odour. The following figures, obtained in the Laboratory of the
Imperial Institute, are recorded in the official _Bulletin_, 1903, p.
25:--

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| | | |
| Saponification | Iodine No. | Melting Point of |
| Equivalent. | | Fatty Acids, deg.C. |
|________________|____________|_____________________|
| | | |
| 253.9-255.3 | 12.9-13.6 | 27-30 |
|________________|____________|_____________________|

_Mafoureira_ or _Mafura tallow_ from the nuts of the mafoureira tree,
which grows wild in Portuguese East Africa. The following figures are
published:--

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| | | |
| Saponi- | | |
| fication | | Iodine | References.
| Equi- | | No. |
| valent. | | |
|_____________|________________|___________|__________________________________
| | Titre, deg.C. | |
| 253.8 | 44-48 | 46.14 | De Negri and Fabris, _Annal. del
| | | | Lab. Chim. Delle Gabelle_,
| | | | 1891-2, p. 271.
| | Acidity | |
| | (as Oleic Acid)| |
| | Per Cent. | | _Bulletin Imp. Inst._,
| 232.8-233.7 | 21.26 | 47.8-55.8 | 1903, p. 27.
|_____________|________________|___________|__________________________________

_Pongam oil_, obtained from the beans o