Aleurites fordii

Aleurites fordii

Tung tree

Useful references: 61, 286

A small tree native to China but cultivated in other countries with subtropical climates. The kernels yield a valuable drying oil, mainly used in paint and varnish. The foliage and the oilcake are unpalatable and poisonous. As the toxic elements have not been specifically identified, no detoxification process has been developed. However, tung meal has been detoxified experimentally by percolating it in ethyl alcohol for forty-eight hours, after which it is moistened and finally steamed for two hours. Supplemented with lysine, it produced good growth in chickens. The detoxified meal as unpalatable to pigs, and a maximum of 20% tung meal can be included in rations. Untreated meal is toxic and used only as fertilizer.


					As % of dry matter

				DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ca	P	Ref
Oilcake with hulls,
mechanically extr-
acted, USA					25.6	42.9	5.4	6.1	20.0			220


		Amino acid composition as % of crude protein

Undecorticated oilcake											Ref	303

Arg	Cys	Gly	His	Ils	Leu	Lys	Met	Phe	Thr	Try	Tyr	Val
10.6	-	-	2.2	4.8	7.4	4.1	2.1	7.1	4.4	-	-	8.1

References

61, 220, 286, 303

Aleurites fordii

Tung tree

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