‖ tallicoona
(tælɪˈkuːnə)
[corr. of F. touloucouna = tulukuna, native name in Wolof lang. of Fr. Senegambia; in the cognate Serer lang. tulukuni. (Thence by contraction kunda, coonda, also coondi.)]
A West African tree, Carapa guineensis. tallicoona oil, a fixed oil expressed from the seeds of this.
| [1832 Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. I. 128 Vulgo dicitur Touloucouna ab incolis... On obtient par expression de ses amandes une huile fixe connue dans le pays sous le nom d'Huile de Touloucouna.] 1866 Treas. Bot. 221 Carapa guineensis is a native of Senegal, and scarcely differs from the last [C. guianensis, the source of Carap or Crab oil]. Its seeds yield Tallicoonah or Coondi oil, which, besides being used for the same purposes as Crab oil, is employed as a purgative and anthelmintic. |