The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-11
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TREES THAT
YIELD BUTTER

(scientifc American.)


Butter. as the term Nrom a Greek
was originally a name for a product
obtained from the milk of the COW,
and afterWard. by extension. for a like
substance obtained from the milk Of
other animals. such Al the W and
the goat. BY a further extension. the
name has been applied to certain fix
ed vegetable oils the melting point.
consistency and aspect OF which re-
semble butter of animal origin. such
as butter OF cocoa,"a concrete oil Of
a sweet and agreeable taste obtained
from the kernels of the fruit of The
obrama cacao or ''chocolatenut tree"
butter of Bambuk.'' an oil obtained
from a species of almond in Senegal.
and used incidentally: and butter of
nutmegs' or 'butter of mace" a Sc
baceous substance expressed in the
East Indies from the arillus Of the
fruit of Myristica m%oschata.
To the plants yielding such oils has
trees" and to the oils themselves the
term vegetable butter" The butter
tree of Nepal is the Bassia butyracea.
the seeds OF which yield by pressure
a semt-solid oil. which thickens and
becomes Of the consistency Of lard. It
is called "phoolma." "chorce," or
vegetable butter" and is used for
culinary purposes and, by the natives
Of rank. for amounting the body. The
seed of Bassia latifolia. the 'mahwa-
tree" Of Bengal. yield a greenish-
white oil which is of the consistency
Of butter. and which is used as such
by the poorer classes. From the flow
era of the tree is distilled a spirit re-
sembling whisky, which the natives
like better. and consume in large
quantities. Another species Of the
same benus. B.. longifolia. the illupie
tree affords an oil similar to that OBJ
tanned from the two preceding trees.
and which is used by the Ceylonese
for culinary purposes.
The butter tree Of Africa, the seeds
of which produce the galam butter OF
shea butter mentioned by Munga Park
in his travels lis q species of the same
genus B.. Parkii. The fruit when ripe
Is Of the size Of a peach. and. after
being dried in the III Is, pounded In
a mortar until reduced to four. 1t
IS then mixed with water and boiled
Giles become detached and rise to the
surface whence they are: then skim.
med. When cold the oil IL Of the con-
eistency OF butter and will keep fresh
for two years. 1t has an agreeable
taste. 10 used as food. and is an article
Of considerable trade with. the natives
OF western Africa. The butter and
tallow tree OF Sierra Leone and other
parts Of west tropical Africa IL penta-
desma. butyracea. the komoot tFes, or
kanya tree. From the seeds Of this
the natices extract an oil called kanya
butter, which Is used by them for
cooking. The butter 10 extracted by
drying and parching the seeds, then
pounding and boiling them. and skim
ming of the s%upernatant oil. A vel.
low greasy Juice is given out freely
when the fruit ie cut or opened. The
oil has a terebenthene flavor, and is
therefore not relished by the English
settlers 1t is sold az butter in the
markets OF Freetown.
Garcinia p~ictoria, a tres abundant ir
Mysore and the western coast jungles,
Yields the pigment Eambose. hut is
more important for the oil obtained
from the fruit and called gamboge
butter. An allied species. q. purpurea
furnishes a similar oil called cocum
butter. These oil buffers are obtained
by pounding the seeds, boiling them
and sktmnlng % the Seating grease.