About Chines Tallow Tree
Triadica sebifera is a tree native to eastern Asia (Chinese 乌桕, wū jiù). It is commonly called Chinese tallow, Chinese tallowtree, Florida aspen, chicken tree, gray popcorn tree, or candleberry tree. The seeds (as well as from those of Triadica cochinchinensis) are the sources of stillingia oil, a drying oil used in paints and varnishes. The fatty coat of the seeds, used for candle and soap making, is known as stillingia tallow; hence its common name. It is relevant to biodiesel production because it is the third most productive vegetable oil producing crop in the world, after algae and oil palm. The leaves are used as herbal medicine to treat boils.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sapium sebiferum
- Genus
- Sapium
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- China
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-January
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Chines Tallow Tree belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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