Edible Parts: Oil  Seed
Edible Uses: Oil

Seed - raw or cooked[ 63 , 301 ]. A rich, pleasant flavour, it is highly favoured as a snack[ 301 , 303 , 451 ]. Used as a substitute for the common almond, it is somewhat sweeter in flavour[ 63 ]. It can be ground into a powder and used to make bread[ 301 ]. The seeds are used in a wide variety of dishes by the local people[ 63 ]. The seed contains about 72% oil, 13% protein and 7% starch[ 63 ]. It has been found that adding a strained emulsion of the crushed, well-ripened kernels to cows milk makes it much more digestible if fed to babies[ 63 ]. An edible oil is obtained from the seed[ 301 ]. It is preferred to coconut oil by local people[ 63 ].

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Balsamic

The resin is used medicinally as a balsam[ 303 ].

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Other uses rating: Medium (3/5). Agroforestry Uses: The tree is grown in nutmeg groves in order to provide shade and shelter[ 63 , 451 ]. Other Uses The oil from the seed is used as an illuminant[ 63 ]. The resin is suitable for varnish and caulking boats[ 303 ]. It is not produced abundantly[ 451 ]. The hard, even-textured shells are well adapted to carving and are made into fancy articles of various kinds[ 63 ]. The wood is rather soft[ 451 ]. It is used for making canoes. Paddles have been manufactured from the buttresses[ 303 ]. The wood is mainly used for fuel[ 451 ]. This species is one of the sources of kedondong timber, which is obtained from several species in the family Burseraceae[ 303 ]. 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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