hlTHRATURE k* file Aleurites genus. Tung oil is obtained f ram. the fruit {nuts, seeds) of members of the Aleurites genus, a small genus in the Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae)« Since, in the investigation of a poisonous plant, it is well to be acquainted with related species, a few remarks will be made concerning the nomenclature of the members of the Aleurites genus and of their products. By referring to Table I, taken from Jamieson's monograph (27), it will be noticed that he lists five species

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... under the genus Aleurites. He mentions that another species, A. triloba, has been found to be Identical with A. moluocana. Table I The Euphorblaceae Family Scientific Name Common Nam© Aleurites cordata Aleurites fordii Aleurites moluocana Japanese tung Tung or Chinese wood Lumbang, Candlenut, kekun© Aleurites montana Aleurites trisperms Caperonia palustris Croton @111otianus Croton tiglium or ignape Abrasin, Mu, or Tung Bag!lumbang Birds' eye (seed) Elliot Croton Croton Table 1 (continued) Scientific Name Common Name 3 Euphorbia amygdaloides Euphorbia cyparissias Euphorbia elastica Euphorbia asula Euphorbia exigua Euphorbia helioacopia Euphorbia paralias Euphorbia platyphylla Euphorbia verrucosa Fumtumia elastica Hevea brasiliensis J atropha curcas 1 atropha stimulosa Jcannesta heveoides Joannesia princeps Manihot diehotoma Manihot glaziovia Manihot piauhyensis Mercurialis annus Mercurialis perennis Mercurialis tomentosa Omphalea megacarpa Plukenetia conophora Pcinsetta pulcherrina Ricinus communis Ricinus zanzibarinus Ricinodendron africanum Ricinodendron rautanenii Stilling!a sebifera Mexican rubber Para rubber Physic or Purge nut Spurge nettle Arara nut An&a-assu or loaneela Ceara rubber of Manihot Bingel Forest Bingel Cayete N 1Gart Poinsetta Castor Castor Nsasana Manketti Stillingia There is a bewildering confusion of names in the literature for these species and their products* Jamieson gives eleven common names for these five species* Nallino (34) includes as candle nuts the seeds of a . triloba* Forst; A. amblnux* Pars; A. moluocana* Wild; and Croton molueoanum, Linn. Corenwinder (7) refers to the fruit of A* triloba as Mbancoul nuts," while Haddad (21) mentions that they are sold under the names "candle nuts, lumbang, or bals nuts." Jamieson lists "abrasin" as the common