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          may live well over 100 years.  The female jojoba plant produces a           
          seed, sometimes referred to as a bean, that contains                        
          approximately 50 percent by weight of an unusual oil.  Jojoba oil           
          is actually a liquid wax ester, unlike the triglyceride oils                
          typically produced by plants, and is similar to sperm whale oil.            
               It takes 5 years or more for a jojoba plant to produce seeds           
          in a harvestable quantity.  Approximately 20 pounds of jojoba               
          seeds are needed to produce 1 gallon of jojoba oil.  Jojoba oil             
          is useful for a variety of purposes, ranging from cosmetics and             
          shampoos to industrial lubricants.                                          
               The ban in 1971 on the importation of sperm whale oil and              
          products using that oil stimulated an interest in the commercial            
          production of jojoba oil.  During the nineteen seventies and into           
          the early nineteen eighties, jojoba oil was available only from             
          native jojoba plants.  At that time in the United States, there             
          were only a few commercial-sized jojoba plantations, all of which           
          were in developmental stages.  Domestication studies were being             
          conducted in the United States during that time at the University           
          of California at Riverside and the University of Arizona, among             
          other places.                                                               
               2.  Carole A. Whittaker                                                
               Prior to 1978, Carole A. Whittaker (Whittaker) taught                  
          mathematics and science, primarily chemistry, at the high school            
          through college levels.  Whittaker became generally interested in           
          the jojoba plant and its seed during 1976 or 1977.  She left her            




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