Taxon:
Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw
Summary
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 20:394. 1966
Verified:
01/06/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Airy Shaw, H. K. 1972. The Euphorbiaceae of Siam. Kew Bull. 26:350. Note: mentions
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Nogueira, J. B. & R. D. Machado. 1957. Glosario de plantas oleaginosas e ceriferas. II. Euforbiaceas. Note: = Aleurites fordii
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Radcliffe-Smith, A. 1973. Typification of Vernicia fordii (Euphorbiaceae). Kew Bull. 28:296.
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Schultes, R. E. 1987. Members of Euphorbiaceae in primitive and advanced societies. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 94:80.
- Stuppy, W. et al. 1999. Revision of the genera Aleurites, Reutealis and Vernicia (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 44:91-92. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
- Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds. 2001. Vegetable oils and fats. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 14:142-146. URL: http://proseanet.org
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Common names
English
Chinese wood-oil-tree – tung-oil-tree – Dutch
chineesche olieboom – French
arbre à l'huile de tung – noix d'abrasin – German
gewöhnlicher Tungölbaum – Holzölbaum – Tungölbaum – Malay
tung-yu – Portuguese (Brazil)
árvore-de-óleo-da-china – tungue – Spanish
aleurita – Swedish
tungträd – Transcribed Chinese
tung yu – you tong –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | s.e. |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s.e. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
-
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Vietnam (n.)
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Malawi
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Georgia
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Malaysia
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
Northern America
-
REGION:
United States (s.e.)
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay
Naturalized
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Northern America
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REGION:
United States (s.e.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | lipids | source of tung oil with several applications fide Bot J Linn Soc 94:314. 1987, as Aleurites fordii | Schultes, R. E. 1987. Members of Euphorbiaceae in primitive and advanced societies. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 94:80. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | fide Kingsbury, as Aleurites fordii; Lampe & McCann, as A. fordii; Econ Pl Aust, as Aleurites fordii | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |