What is the name of the tree that has berries which burn with a white flame?

Question

I saw a Bush Tuckerman program years ago were he used berries to make a campfire light that was very bright. Does anyone have a clue as to what that tree was, and if it is possible to get seeds to grow them.

Answer 1

Plants - Candle nut or Kukui nut is the Hawaii state tree gives tung oil

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/tungoil1.h...

Here are sources for the plant Aleurites moluccana

http://davesgarden.com/products/ps/go/61...

http://davesgarden.com/community/trading...

Alternate plant oils for burning include coconut oil, banana oil, olive oil, pine sap, pine oil, most nuts when pressed for their oil make a burnable oil for an  oil lamp. Bayberries from the wax myrtle made candles.

Answer 2

Hmm, was is the candlenut (Aleurites moluccana)? I do remember him burning some of those in one ep.