Edible Parts: Fruit  Oil  Seed  Shoots
Edible Uses: Oil

Seed - raw or cooked. The sweet nuts have a delicious flavour when roasted and are served like almonds[ 301 ]. They can also be used in confections, ice cream, nut milks etc, and as an adulterant to chocolate[ 301 ]. The coat surrounding the kernel should be removed since it can cause diarrhoea[ 63 ]. The shell is very thick and difficult to crack, though some thinner shelled forms have been found[ 63 ]. A sweet oil obtained from the seed is used for cooking purposes[ 301 ]. The fruit pulp is boiled and eaten[ 301 ]. Rather tasteless[ 63 ]. An oil can be extracted from the fruit pulp[ 301 ]. It has a tangy, resin-like flavour[ 301 ]. Young shoots - raw[ 301 ]. Eaten in salads[ 301 ].

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Antibacterial  Antifungal  Antirheumatic  Antirheumatic  Antiseptic  Antispasmodic  Antitussive  Febrifuge  
Parasiticide  Poultice  Rubefacient  Skin

Manila elemi (the oleoresin obtained from the tree), and the essential oil distilled from the resin, have a long history of medicinal use. They are considered to be antibacterial, antifungal, antirheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic and rubefacient[ 360 ]. A study on the composition of Manila elemi oil from the distillation of elemi resin yielded 39 compounds, with limonene, the most abundant at 56%[ 360 ]. A corn-sized drop of the resin is taken with water in the treatment of fevers and chills[ 360 ]. The oleoresin is applied externally to arthritic and rheumatic joints, boils, abscesses, furuncles, burns and sores[ 360 ]. It is heated and applied to the chest as a poultice to stop severe coughing[ 360 ]. The tree bark is commonly used for postpartum baths[ 360 ]. The essential oil is an ingredient of a commercial preparation called 'Lysout', a natural anti-lice foaming gel that also contains Echinacea purpurea[ 360 ].

Essential  Furniture  Ink  Oil  Parasiticide  Resin  Tannin  Varnish  Waterproofing  Wood

Other uses rating: High (4/5). Other Uses: An oily resin called Manilla elemi is obtained from incisions in the bark[ 46 , 317 ]. Manila elemi is a soft and fragrant oleoresin, oily, pale yellow to greenish, of honey consistency, balsamic in odour and bitter tasting[ 360 ]. It is used in varnishes and inks; for caulking boats; torches; perfumery and for various medicinal applications[ 46 , 317 ]. It can be used for the same purposes as turpentine[ 46 ]. A tannin of reasonable quality is obtained from the bark[ 402 ]. The wood is not very hard. It is used for light construction[ 402 , 451 ]. This species is one of the sources of kedondong timber, which is obtained from several species in the family Burseraceae[ 884 ]. However, the tree is more highly valued for its resin and edible seed and so is little harvested for its wood. We do not have a specific description of the wood for this species, but the general description of kedondong wood is as follows:- The heartwood is generally a light brown; it is not sharply demarcated from the 3 - 5cm wide band of lighter-coloured sapwood. The texture is moderately fine and even; the grain is interlocked to wavy; the surface is lustrous. The wood is light in weight; moderately hard; not very durable, being susceptible to fungi, dry wood borers and termites. It seasons somewhat slowly with only a slight risk of checking and distortion; once dry it is moderately stable to stable in service. The wood has a fairly high blunting effect, stellite-tipped and tungsten carbide tools are recommended; it is moderately easy to slightly difficult to plane; finishes smooth to rough; can be easy to very difficult to bore; slightly difficult to difficult to turn; nailing and screwing properties are good; gluing is correct. The wood is suitable for internal use as a general utility timber for planking, cladding, plywood, flooring, furniture, packing cases, pallets and general carpentry work[ 316 , 848 ].

Special Uses

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