candlenut

Japanese: candlenut
candlenut

...This migratory fish is high in fat, and when dried and placed in the crack at the end of a stick and lit from the tail, it burns brightly and is used as a light source. In Polynesia, there is a torch made of several candlenuts stuck on the rachis of a coconut palm leaflet.
[Candle]
Torches made from resin-soaked bark or other materials can be seen as technological precursors to candles (burning solid fat with a central wick), but their appearance was a product of civilization.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "candlenut" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…回遊性のこの魚は脂肪分が多く,乾燥させたものを棒の先端の割れ目に挟み,尾のほうから点火すると明るく燃えることから,照明として用いられた。またポリネシアには,アブラギリの実(キャンドルナッツcandlenut)をココヤシ小葉の葉軸にいくつもくし刺しにした松明がある。
[ろうそく]
 樹脂を樹皮などにしみこませた松明は,技術的にみればろうそく――固形脂肪を中心部の芯によって燃やすもの――の先駆とみることができるが,その出現は文明の所産であった。…

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