Abstract
The kernels from the palm Cocos pulposa received from Uruguay contained 59.5 per cent of oil and 4.8 per cent of moisture. The expressed oil gave the following characteristics: Saponification value, 260.3; iodine number (Hanus), 24.6; thiocyanogen value, 22.4; Reichert-Meissl value, 71; and Polenske value, 24.8. It contained 0.44 per cent of unsaponifiable matter and the following percentages of acids: Caproic, 1.47; caprylic, 9.4; capric, 13.2; lauric, 34.4; myristic, 6.6; palmitic, 1.8 and stearic, 1.3. The chief uses for which the oil is suited are for making soap and, after refining, as an ingredient in the manufacture of margarin.
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