RAD - Oil Species

Rozendale Agroforestry Database - Oil-crop Species

Species


African blackwood mpingo - Dalbergia melanoxylon

4.00

detail view,Dalbergia melanoxylon, African blackwood mpingo
Oilname: Muvingo oil
Oily part seed/nut(0.5-0.5)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: n/a
Top yield: 5 m trunk

Avocado tree - Persea americana

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detail view,Persea americana, Avocado tree
Oilname: Avocado oil
Oily part fruit(5-5)
Extraction: centrifugation
First yield: 20 kg/tree/year
Top yield: 100 kg/tree/year

Cape chestnut - Calodendrum capense

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detail view,Calodendrum capense, Cape chestnut
Oilname: Cape chestnut oil
Oily part
(-)
Extraction:
First yield:
Top yield:

Carob tree - Ceratonia siliqua

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detail view,Ceratonia siliqua, Carob tree
Oilname: carob oil
Oily part seed/nut(3-3)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: 20 kg/tree/year
Top yield: 400 kg/tree/year

Coconut tree - Cocos nucifera

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detail view,Cocos nucifera, Coconut tree
Oilname: Coconut oil
Oily part seed/nut(32%-32%)
Extraction: expeller pressing
First yield: 10 nuts/year
Top yield: 75 nuts/year

European box - Buxus sempervirens

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detail view,Buxus sempervirens, European box
Oilname: Buxus leaf oil
Oily part powdered leaf(0.1-0.1)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: 50 fruits/shurb/year
Top yield: 7m trunk

Fine leaf tree - Pentaclethra macroloba

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detail view,Pentaclethra macroloba, Fine leaf tree
Oilname: Pracaxi oil
Oily part seed/nut(45-45)
Extraction: expeller pressing
First yield: ?
Top yield: ?

Gumbo-limbo - Bursera simaruba

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detail view,Bursera simaruba, Gumbo-limbo
Oilname: Gumbo limbo seed oil
Oily part seed/nut(40-40)
Extraction: expeller pressing
First yield: unknown
Top yield: Unknown

Iroko - Milicia excelsa

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detail view,Milicia excelsa, Iroko
Oilname: Iroko oil
Oily part wood(7%-7%)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: inapplicable
Top yield: 40 m in 50 years

Kentucky pawpaw - Asimina triloba

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detail view,Asimina triloba, Kentucky pawpaw
Oilname: pawpaw leaf oil
Oily part fresh leaf(0.01-0.01)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: 10 kg/tree
Top yield: 30 kg/tree

Kwai muk - Artocarpus hypargyreus

3.00

detail view,Artocarpus hypargyreus, Kwai muk
Oilname: Kwai muk oil
Oily part seed/nut(?-?)
Extraction: - NO ACTION
First yield: 30 kg/year fruits
Top yield: 60 kg/year fruits

Lemon grass - Cymbopogon citratus

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detail view,Cymbopogon citratus, Lemon grass
Oilname: lemongrass oil
Oily part fresh leaf(0.35-0.35)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: 50 kg oil/ha/y
Top yield: 120 kg oil/ha/y

Leopard tree - Caesalpinia ferrea

3.00

detail view,Caesalpinia ferrea, Leopard tree
Oilname: Leopard tree oil
Oily part seed/nut(_?-_?)
Extraction: - NO ACTION
First yield: some cuttings as fodder
Top yield: big trunk of wood

Lucky bean tree - Afzelia quanzensis

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detail view,Afzelia quanzensis, Lucky bean tree
Oilname: Azelia seed oil
Oily part seed/nut(25-25)
Extraction: steam distillation
First yield: 0.5 m/year growth
Top yield: 15 meter trunk

Moringa - Moringa oleifera

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detail view,Moringa oleifera, Moringa
Oilname: ben-oil
Oily part seed/nut(35-35)
Extraction: expeller pressing
First yield: 0.5 kg/tree
Top yield: 1 kg/tree