- | | | |
| fication | Titre,| Iodine No. | Observers.| References.
| Equiv- | | | |
| alent.[1] | deg.C.| | |
|___________|_______|____________|____________|_______________________________
| | | | |
| 299-304.9 | 13 | 136.3-139.3| De Negri |_Chem. Centr._, 1898, p. 493.
| 291 | | 163.7 | Lewkowitsch|_Chem. Revue_, 1901, p. 156.
| 296 | 12.5 | 152.8 | Kassler |_Farben-Zeitung_, 1903, p. 359.
|___________|_______|____________|____________|_______________________________

_Curcas oil_ is produced in Portugal from the seeds of the "purging nut
tree," which is similar to the castor oil plant, and is cultivated in
Cape Verde Islands and other Portuguese Colonies.

The following data have been observed:--

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| | | | |
| Saponi- | | | |
| fication | Titre,| Iodine No. | Observers.| References.
| Equiv- | | | |
| alent.[2] |deg.C. | | |
|___________|_______|____________|____________|_______________________________
| | | | |
| 291.4 | 0.36 | 99.5 | Archbut |_J. S. C. Ind._, 1898, p. 1010.
| 290.3 | 4.46 | 98.3 | Lewkowitsch|_Chem. Revue_, 1898, p. 211.
| 283.1 | 0.68 | 107.9 | Klein |_Zeits. angew. Chem._,
| | | | | 1898, p. 1012.
|___________|_______|____________|____________|_______________________________

The titre is quoted by Lewkowitsch as 28.6 deg. C.

_Goa butter_ or _Kokum butter_ is a solid fat obtained from the seeds of
_Garcinia indica_, which flourishes in India and the East Indies.
Crossley and Le Sueur (_Journ. Soc. Chem. Industry_, 1898, p. 993)
during an investigation of Indian oils obtained these results:--

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| | | |
| Saponification | Acidity | Iodine No. |
| Equivalent.[3] | Per Cent. | |
|________________|___________|____________|
| | | |
| 300 | 7.1 | 34.2 |
|________________|___________|____________|

_Safflower oil_ is extracted from the seeds of the _Carthamus
tinctorius_, whi