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Figure 4.25 Ucuuba tree. (Photo courtesy of Eugênio
Arantes de Melo [www.arvores.brasil.nom.br/].)

acid (15–17.6%), myristic acid (72.9–73.3%), palmitic acid (4.4–5%), and
oleic acid (5.1–6.3%) [77, 87].

Main uses. This fat has been used traditionally in candle manufacture.
The fat and pulverized kernels find use in traditional medicines. The tree
has been proposed as a potential source of isopropyl myristate, which
is used in cosmetic manufacture [186]. However, no references related
to its use as a raw material to produce biodiesel have been found to date.

Acknowledgments
My sincere thanks to the following people and organizations for their
generosity in letting me use their photos: Dr. Kazuo Yamasaki (Teikyo
Heisei University, Japan), Abdulrahman Alsirhan (www.alsirhan.com),
Eric Winder (Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University),
Jack Bacheler (Department of Entomology, North Carolina State
University), Dr. Alvin R. Diamond (Department of Biological and
Environmental Sciences, Troy University), Piet Van Wyk and EcoPort,
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Antoine van
den Bos (Botanypictures), Forest and Kim Starr (USGS), Dr. Davison
Shillingford (Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences), Prof. Arne
Anderberg (Swedish Museum of Natural History), Rolv Hjelmstad
(Urtekilden), Peter Chen (College of DuPage), Josina Kimottho (ICRAF),
Gernot Katzer (University of Graz), Prof. Gerald D. Carr (University of
Hawaii, Botany Department), Barbara Simonsohn, Dr. Mike Kuhns
(Utah State University), and Eugênio Arantes de Melo (Árvores do
Brasil).