Characteristics and composition of<i>Abutilon pannosum</i> and<i>Hibiscus panduriformis</i> seeds and oils

Abstract

Abstract The seeds of Abutilon pannosum (Forst.) Schlecht., syn. A. muti cum (DC.) Sweet, and Hibiscus panduriformis Burm. (Malvaceae), respectively, contained 13.4 and 15.4% oil, and 23.0 and 22.2% protein. The respective seed oil had iodine values of 118.4 and 132.4, and saponification values of 194.3 and 188.8. The fatty acid composition (wt %), as determined by gas liquid chromatography, was: palmitic, 21.3, 12.3; stearic, 2.8, 3.2;oleic, 11.7, 10.2; linoleic, 60.7, 74.3; malvalic, 2.2, trace; sterculic, trace, none; and dihydrocum sterculic, 1.3, none, respectively.