Tallow seeds contain 45-60% vegetable oil, about two to three times the amount found in an equivalent weight of soybeans. Commercial plantations typically contain about (160 trees per acre, 400 trees per hectare), trimmed low for hand harvesting. Yields average (12,500 pounds of seeds per acre, 14 metric tons per hectare) containing (2,300 pounds/1043kg) of
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