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Taxon:
Vernicia montana
Lour.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Vernicia
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
Tribe:
Aleuritideae
Subtribe:
Aleuritinae
Nomen number:
41193
Place of publication:
Fl. cochinch. 2:587. 1790
Verified:
01/06/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Aleurites montanus
(Lour.) E. H. Wilson
No images
Reference(s)
Airy Shaw, H. K.
1972. The Euphorbiaceae of Siam. Kew Bull. 26:349.
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
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#
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
=
Aleurites montana
Nogueira, J. B. & R. D. Machado.
1957. Glosario de plantas oleaginosas e ceriferas. II. Euforbiaceas.
Note:
=
Aleurites
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
Rizk, A. M.
1987. The chemical constituents and economic plants of the
Euphorbiaceae
. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 94:314.
Stuppy, W. et al.
1999. Revision of the genera
Aleurites
,
Reutealis
and
Vernicia
(Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 44:92-94.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
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
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
abrasin-oil-tree –
Reference(s)
Cantonese wood-oil-tree –
Reference(s)
Chinese tung-oil-tree –
Reference(s)
Chinese wood-oil-tree –
Reference(s)
mu-oil-tree –
Reference(s)
wood-oil-tree –
Reference(s)
French
abrasin –
Reference(s)
arbre à l'huile de bois –
Reference(s)
German
chinesischer Tungölbaum –
Reference(s)
Malay
mu-yu –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
falso-castanheiro –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
mu you tong –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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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
Hubei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Zhejiang Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
2
Cultivated
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2
Cultivated
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
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
Indonesia
2
Cultivated
Australasia
Australia
Australia
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
2
Cultivated
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
4
Naturalized
widely natzd. in tropics
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Malawi
,
Zambia
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
CAUCASUS:
Georgia
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
BRAZIL:
Brazil
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Environmental
shade/shelter
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Materials
lipids
for paints, inks
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Materials
lipids
source of tung oil with several applications, as
Aleurites montana
Rizk, A. M.
1987. The chemical constituents and economic plants of the
Euphorbiaceae
. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 94:314.
Medicines
folklore
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
as
Aleurites montana
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
=
Aleurites montana
Name
References