Vernicia

Also known as tung-oil tree, tung tree

Vernicia is a genus in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1790. It is native to China, Japan, India, and Indochina. The species have often been included within the related genus Aleurites.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae

Native toCambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Observations recorded8,950

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Collections: MEL

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They are shrubs or trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are alternate, broad, and entire to palmately lobed; they may be either deciduous or evergreen. The flowers may be either monoecious or dioecious.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vernicia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.