Ghirgilly oil from Canara is considered an excellent remedy for rheumatic pains.
Guilandina honduc, bonduc nut oil—Calichi-kai yennai, TAM. This oil is mentioned by Ainslie as being considered useful in convulsions and palsy. The seeds themselves are believed to possess tonic virtues. Used solely as a medicine.
Guizotia. oleifera, Ramtil oil—Kala til ka tel, HIND. ; Valeesaloo noona, TEL. This sweet.tasted, edible oil is plentiful in the Mysore, Vizagapatam, and Ganjam districts. It is used for nearly the same purposes as sesamurn.
Helianthus annuus, sunflower, is raised in Tartary chiefly for the oil expressed from its seeds. The people eat the seeds, which, when boiled in water, taste not unlike boiled Indian corn, are em ployed ,in fatteningpoultry, and are said to increase the number of eggs more than any other kind of grain. Pheasants and partridges oat them with great avidity.
Hura crepitans, sand-box tree, has been introduced from Jamaica. Its seeds yield by expression an oil ; but as the whole tree abounds in poisonous matter, this oil probably partakes of its deleterious nature.
Hydnocarpus inebrians ? Neeradimootoo oil, Neerada Jungli badam ka tel, HIND. ; Mootoo yonnai, TAM. This valuable oil was sent to the Madras Exhibi tion of 1855 under the various names of Neeradee mootoo, jungle almond, Maroty, Tamana, Mara vetti, Ncervetti, Shorty, and Soorty. It is in great repute as a medicine amongst native practitioners, and the kernel enters largely in to their proscriptions.
Iguana oil, a medicinal oil.
Inga dulcia, Coorookoopilly. Seeds yield by expressions light-coloured oil, about the consistence of castor oil.
Jatropha curiae, or Curette purgans, angular-leaved Physic-nut oil—Jangli erandi ka Catta =mak yennai, TAM. ; Adavi amodapoo noona, TEL. This oil has of late been imported into Britain as a substitute for linseed oil ; it is expressed from the fruit of a species of Jatropha, which abounds in all parts of the Madras Presidency. The colour is somewhat paler than the best linseed oil. It is now chiefly used in lamps.
Jatropha glance., glaucous-leaved physic-nut—Addale or Authaulay yennai, TAIL This in appearance approaches castor-oil. It is fluid and light straw
coloured. It is now chiefly used medicinally as a counter - irritant, but, if procurable in sufficient quantity, seems likely to prove a useful oil.
Lepidium sativum, Country cross oil—Aliveri yennai, Tam. This oil is extracted from the seeds of the Chinese wall-cress. It must not be confounded with linseed oil, the Tamil name of which is the same as that of the present article.
Linum usitatissimum, Linseed oil—Ulsee ka tel, HIND. ; Aliveri yennai, TAM. ; Aveesee noona, TEL. Lint • plant has been cultivated to a limited extent in India ; the oil is inferior to that imported from England, from having been imperfectly freed from mucilage, which prevents its drying.
Macassar oil is used by the natives as a hair oil. It is supposed to be from Carthamus tinctorius seed.
Mesua ferrea, Naga-sumpunghee oil, is a valuable oil, procurable in Canara. It is used both as a lamp oil and as a healing application to sores.
Mimusops elengi. Mimusops is a medicinal oil, obtain able in tolerably large quantities in some parts of the country. It is known in England. That of M. Kaki, the Bakul oil, is used medicinally.
Mooroogana tallow, even at high temperatures, is per haps the most solid oil with which we are yet acquainted. It is made in Canara. If procurable in large quantities, and at a moderato cost, it promises to be a valued material for the manufac ture of candles, etc. It is used for medicinal purposes, and as a cure for cattle wounded by tigers, etc.
Moringa pterygosperraa—Sahujna, HIND. ; Morunghy yennai, TAM. ; Morunga noona, TEL. ; Ben or Moringa oil. Ben nut oil has long been considered valuable on account of the lengthened period which it may be kept without contracting rancidity. The tree is common in all parts of British India ; the flowers, leaves, and fruit are eaten by the natives, and the rasped root is used by Europeans as a substitute for horse radish, to which circum stance it owes its common name of horse-radish tree. The oil is seldom made in India, nor does it now form an article of export.