What products can be created with Chinese tallow? <!-- invasive species, vegetation, energy -->
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Question:
What products can be created with Chinese tallow?
Answer:
Tallow has been cultivated as a seed-oil
crop in China for at least 14 centuries.
Candles, soap, cloth dressing, and fuel are
made from the tallow. Chinese vegetable
tallow is a solid fat that is in the outer
covering of the seeds. The kernels produce
an oil called stillingia oil that is used in
machine oils, as a crude lamp oil, and in
making varnishes and paints. It can also be
converted to charcoal, ethanol, and
methanol. Potentially, oil from the seeds
can be a substitute for petroleum.
