Candle nut

Often used in Indonesian and Malaysian cuisine, Candle nut is called kemiri in Indonesian or buah keras in Malay. On the island of Java in Indonesia, it is used to make a thick sauce that is eaten with vegetables and rice. Is it mostly cultivated for the oil. Each tree can produce 30–80 kg of nuts, and the nuts yield 15 to 20% of their weight in oil. Most of the oil is used locally rather than figuring in international trade.