The kernel-fats of some members of the Palmae: Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. (Gru-gru palm), Manicaria saccifera Gaertn., Astrocaryum Tucuma Mart., Maximiliana caribaea Griseb., Attalea excelsa Mart. (Pallia palm), and Cocos nucifera Linn. (coconut).