VI. Inflorescences
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This section is from the book "Alcohol, Its Production, Properties, Chemistry, And Industrial Applications", by Charles Simmonds. Also available from Amazon: Alcohol: Its Production, Properties, Chemistry, And Industrial Applications.
VI. Inflorescences
Palmyra or Black Run Palm. | Borassus fiabellifer, Linn. | Tropical Africa; India; Burma; Ceylon. |
Cocoa-nut Palm..... | Cocos nucifera, Linn. | India; Philippines. |
Buri Palm ...... | Corypha elata, Roxb. | India; Philippines. |
Gomuti or Sugar Palm......... | Arenga saccharifera, Labill. | Philippines; Java; Siam. |
Nipa Palm ...... | Nipa fruticans, Wurmb. | Philippines, India, etc. |
Sago Palm ...... | Garyota urens, Linn. | Trop. Asia; Malaya. |
Mahwa .... | Bassia latifolia, Roxb. | India; Burma. |
Pulque Maguey.... | Agave atrovirens, Karw. | Mexico. |
To the foregoing may be added acorns and horse chestnuts, recently examined by Baker and Hulton.1 In both cases the yield of alcohol was about 27 per cent, of the dried peeled kernels, corresponding with about 12 per cent, of the fresh material (deprived of the outer green shell). The starch of the peeled acorns was 43.4 - 44.3 per cent., and of the chestnuts, 15.2 - 39.0 per cent. The total sugars were: Acorns, 6.8-8.3; chestnuts, 10.6 - 20.2 per cent.
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