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Taxon:  Triadica sebifera (L.) Small



Summary
Genus:
Triadica
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Euphorbioideae
Tribe:
Hippomaneae
Subtribe:
Hippomaninae
Nomen number:
410718
Place of publication:
Man. s.e. fl. 789. 1933
Verified:
09/12/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Croton sebifer L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.
Stillingia sebifera (L.) Michx.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. 2007
  3. Campbell, F. T., ed. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. 1995 (unpublished draft)
  4. Esser, H.-J. et al. 1997. A phylogenetic classification of the Malesian Hippomaneae (Euphorbiaceae). Syst. Bot. 22:620.
  5. Esser, H.-J. 1999. A partial revision of the Hippomaneae (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 44:197-206.
  6. Esser, H.-J. 2002. A revision of Triadica Lour. (Euphorbiaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 7:19-21.
  7. Govaerts, R. et al. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. 2000
  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  10. Steward, A. N. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. 1958
  11. USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
  12. Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds. 2001. Vegetable oils and fats. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 14:138-142.
  13. Weakley, A. S. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states. 2011
  14. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  15. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  17. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
candleberry-tree –
Chinese tallowtree –
popcorntree –
tallowtree –
French
arbre à suif –
boiré –
German
chinesischer Talgbaum –
Indonesian
kasumbi –
Indonesian (Java)
kirendang –
Japanese Rōmaji
nankin-haze –
Portuguese
árvore-do-sebo –
pau-do-sebo –
Portuguese (Brazil)
leiteiro –
Spanish
árbol del sebo –
Swedish
kinesiskt talgträd –
Transcribed Chinese
wu jiu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Singapore
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Environmentalshade/shelter PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Fuelspotential as petroleum substitute/alcohol Goffman, F. D. & N. V. Gomez. 1996. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Jojoba and its uses and of the Third International Conference on New Industrial Crops and Products. 225-228.
Human foodoil/fat Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Materialslipids Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 470.
Materialstannin/dyestuff PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Materialswax Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 470.
Materialswood PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Medicinesfolklore Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds. 2001. Vegetable oils and fats. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 14:138-142.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410718. Accessed 5 April 2026.


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