Plant resources of South-East Asia Vegetable oils and fats

This volume deals with plants that are used for their oily seeds or fruits. About 80% of the world supply of non-mineral oils and fats is of vegetable origin and mostly produced by 14 crops. Of these, 9 crops are treated in separate papers. Oil palm and coconut are two most important oil crops of South-East Asia, but sunflower and sesame are also cultivated in some countries of this region. Rap…