a tropical Asian evergreen tree with narrow leathery leaves and oil-rich seeds.
Genus Hydnocarpus, family Flacourtiaceae: several species, in particular H. kurzii, a principal source of the oil
(also chaulmoogra oil) the oil obtained from the seeds of the chaulmoogra tree. It is used medically and as a preservative, and was formerly used in the treatment of leprosy.
