Hydnocarpus weightings or chaulmoogra is a tree in the Achariaceae family. Hydnocarpus wightiana seed oil has been widely used in Indian medicine and Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of leprosy. ... The oil was prescribed for leprosy as a mixture suspended in gum or as an emulsion. any of several fats and oils expressed from the seeds of chaulmoogras and used especially formerly in the treatment of skin diseases and leprosy.
