Pentadesma butyracea

There are several species known as the tallow tree. In western Africa, Pentadesma butyracea is called the tallow tree or the butter-and-tallow tree because the oil derived from its fruit is used like butter. In India, the tallow tree is Vateria indica, the seeds of which produce an oily wax. The tallow tree of China is Sapium sebiferum, in the family Euphorbiaceae. The waxy oil from the seeds of this tree is used to make candles. 

Adomako, D. (1977) Fatty acid composition and characterisation of Pentadesma butyracea fat extracted from Ghana seeds. /. Sci. Food Agric. 28, 384-386. 

Gunasekera SP, Sivapalan K, Sultanbawa MUS, OUis WD 1977 Chemical investigation of Ceylonese plants. Part 21. Extractives of Pentadesma butyracea Sabine (Guttiferae). J Chem Soc Perkin Trans I 11-14... 

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