Philippine Tung Tree
Reutealis trisperma
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-April
How to identify Philippine Tung Tree
Identify Philippine Tung Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Lobed (edge divided into sections).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Philippine Tung Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Reutealis trisperma
- Genus
- Reutealis
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Malaysian Archipelago, Philippines
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- NT
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Lobed (edge divided into sections)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Philippine Tung Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Philippine Tung Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Philippine Tung Tree
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Philippine Tung Tree (Reutealis trisperma) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Philippine Tung Tree belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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