Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Anusha S Revankar, Manjunath Bhavi and Dr. Vinayak V Pai

Abstract:
Mesua ferrea is a lesser known biofuel species which is widely used for its medicinal purposes and knowledge regarding its oil content was scanty. Since the majority of the oils used in biodiesel are edible and in higher demand due to the expanding global population, their cost is higher. Finding another natural oil with identical qualities that may be used as a replacement is therefore crucial. It could decrease the price as well as the use of edible oils. Oil extracted from Mesua ferrea is one such example. The seeds were collected from in and around Sirsi Division and the studies such as fruit and seed morphometric traits and seed oil content were carried out at College of Forestry, Sirsi. The fruit length and fruit diameter showed higher values in T₁ (60.5 mm and 46.5 mm respectively), seed length and seed diameter were found to be highest in T₁ (33.50 mm and 24.50 mm respectively) and seed thickness in T₈ (16 mm). The oil content obtained was 19.63 percent with orange yellow colour.