The fruit is a drupe about 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) in diameter with one or two lobes; each lobe has a single soft, white, oily, kernel contained within a hard shell which is about 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter. The kernel is the source of candlenut oil.
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The fruit are rounded drupes, about 5–6 cm long and 5–7 cm wide with a tough brown then black shell that resembles that of a walnut. Each contains 1-2 nut-like ...
Fruit an indehiscent drupe, almost spherical, 5 cm or more in diameter, with thick, rough, hard shell making up 64-68% of fruit; difficult to separate from ...
Evergreen. Fruit: Showy. Other: Winter Interest. Garden locations. Culture. Winter ... Aleurites moluccanus, commonly known as Kukui or candlenut tree, is a ...
They grow very well in tropical climates with ample rainfall, but also adapt to dry climates. Candlenut's need little if any care after they are established.
Fruit is a green to brownish indehiscent globose drupe, measuring about 5 - 6 cm long and 5 - 7 cm wide, contains 1 - 2 hard-shelled black seeds.
The large fruit (4-6 cm across) are rounded in shape (i.e. sub-globose) or slightly two-lobed. They contain one or two large greyish seeds (23-32 mm long and 20 ...
Candlenut is the seed of the fruit produced by the candlenut tree (Aleurites moluccanus). The seed, seed oil, and kernel have sometimes been used as medicine.
A large evergreen tree up to 15 m. Bark smooth, grey. Young shoots, petioles and leaves, and inflorescences, scurfily stellate-pubescent.
Aleurites moluccana (syn. Aleurites javanica, Aleurites remyi, Aleurites triloba, Jatropha moluccana), kukui, candlenut tree, tutui, varnish tree, candleberry ...
