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Tallow Tree
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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In botany, the popular name of a small tree, Stillingia sebifera, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae, a native of China, but cultivated in India and other warm countries. The seeds are thickly coated with a white greasy substance - so-called vegetable tallow - from which candles are made, and which is also used in soap-making and dressing cloth. The butter tree or tallow tree of Sierra Leone is Pentadesma butyracea, a member of the family Guttiferae. The fruit, which is 4 to 5 in. long and about 3 in. in diameter, has a thick fleshy rind abounding in a yellow greasy juice.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tallow Tree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tallow-tree.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tallow Tree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tallow-tree.html. 1910.
