ALEURITES, ALEURITIS

[Link] (Lat.), n. f, A2I(a8l)-u?-ri- (re)tez(te?s), -ti2s. From aAevpitns, made of flour (from the white dusty substance on the plant), Gen., aleuril’idis. Fr., aleurites, aleurit. Ger., Gummilacbaum, Mehlbaum. Syn.: Ambinuæe Commelin], Telopea {Solander], Camirium (Rumphius], Carda Noronha]. A genus of euphorbiaceous plants, of the tribe Jaropheæ, established by Forster. [B, 19, 93, 170; L, 63, 64.J—A. ambinux. See A. moluccana.—A. bancoulier (Fr.). See A. moluccana.—A. cordata [Miller]. Fr., abrasin, arbre à l’huile (ou à vernis). Ger., Tungbaum. Syn.: Dryandra cordata [Thunberg], Elæococca cordata. The tung-tree, indigenous to China and Japan, where it is called wu-lung. It contains a fixed oil (candle-nut, kekune, or Bankul oil) which has been used both in the arts and in medicine. {B, 5, 49, 93.]—A. Gomesii. A Brazilian species, from the nut of which a purgative oil is obtained. (L, 77.] —A. laccifera [Willdenow]. Fr., laquier. Syn.: Croton lacciferum (Linnœus]. An East Indian species furnishing lac. [B, 33.]— ‘A, moluccana [Willdenow]. Fr., a. bancoulier. Syn.: Croton moluccanum [Linnæus], Camirium cord i folium [Gartner]. A species growing in the Moluccas and in Java, where it is called camiri. Its fruit (Fr., noix de Bancoul, noix des Moluques) contains an oil which is used in the arts, and the nut itself is employed as a purgative and aphrodisiac. [B, 93.)—A. triloba [Willdenow]. The akhrout, candle-nut-tree, or candleberry-tree; a species found on the islands of the Indian and South Pacific oceans, growing to the height of 30 or 40 feet. It bears a two-celled fleshy fruit, each cell containing one seed, resembling a small walnut in shape. These seeds contain a fixed oil (called country walnut-oil, artists’ oil, kuku i oil, kekune oll, Spanish walnut-oil, and Belgaum walnut-oil} which is extensively used in the arts, and to which drastic properties have been erroneously attributed. The nut is called Tutni nut, Bancoul nut, and Belgaum (or Indian) walnut. [B, 19, 49; L, 61,