资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Zachun \Za*chun"\, n. (Bot.)
An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny
tree ({Balanites [AE]gyptiaca}), and sold to piligrims for a
healing ointment. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Bito \Bi"to\, n., Bito tree \Bi"to tree`\ . [Etym. uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A small scrubby tree ({Balanites [AE]gyptiaca}) growing in
dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.
Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in
Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy
fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an
anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a
beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called
zachun. The African name of the tree is {hajilij}.