Cooking Oil Plant In Chitungwiza in Burundi

What is tung oil?
Tung oil or China wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree ( Vernicia fordii ). Tung oil hardens upon exposure to air (through polymerization ), and the resulting coating is transparent and has a deep, almost wet look.
Where did Tung oil come from?
The tung oil tree originates in southern China and was cultivated there for tung oil, but the date of cultivation remains unknown. The earliest references for Chinese use of tung oil are in the writings of Confucius (551 – 479 BCE) around 500 to 479 BC.
What does a tung tree do?
They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. tung tree, ( Aleurites fordii ), small Asian tree of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), commercially valuable for tung oil ( q.v. ), which is extracted from its nutlike seeds.
What is a tung tree called?
Common names include tung oil tree, Chinese wood-oil-tree, hsiao t’ungshu, t’ung shu, t’ung yu, tung yan shu (Chinese), and Tungölbaum (German).“Tung” is the Chinese word for “heart” and refers to the heart-shaped leaves of thetung tree, which is native to southern China and Indo-China.