Telfairia pedata.

Botanical name: 

Telfairia Pedata Hook. (Fam. Cucurbitaceae.) —The seeds of this East African plant yield a deep yellow fragrant oil, of specific gravity 0.918, containing telfairic acid. (Chem. Zeit. R., xxiv, 24.)


The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.