Madhuca longifolia

The technique of soil bacterial hydrolysis has been applied to a number of saponins (see also p. 226). The secondary reactions which usually occur under the normal acidic hydrolysis conditions are avoided. Thus the saponin from the seed kernel of Madhuca longifolia afforded protobassic acid (130), suggesting that bassic acid (131) is an artefact of acid hydrolysis. Jegosaponin yielded four new acylated derivatives of barringtogenol C (132) 21-0-tigloyl-28-0-acetyl,... 

Madhuca longifolia) and is also indigenous to the Asian tropics. 

Mowrah Madhuca latifolia, M.longifolia, M.indica). This is mainly an Indian product where the fat is used for edible and industrial purposes. The nuts contain 46% of oil with variable levels of palmitic (15-32%), stearic (16-26%), oleic (32-45%), and linoleic acid (14-18%) (140). 

Mowrah butter [bassia or illipe confused with borneo tallow, see illipe butter (Madhuca latifolia and M. longifolia, Sapotaceae)]... 

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