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Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.

Arbre à suif (fr), Porte-suif (fr), Croton porte-suif (fr), Gluttier porte-suif (fr), Suiffier (fr), Suiffier de Chine (fr), Gluttier à suif (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Sapium

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 6 m high. The stem is crooked and often gnarled. The twigs are slender. The leaf blades are 2-8 cm long by 1-7 cm wide. They are broadly oval. The fruit has 3 lobes and are 9 mm long by 11 mm wide. The seeds are 7 mm long by 6 mm wide. They have a white waxy layer around the seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 3.5
Mature height (meter) 7.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Pakistan it grows near rivers and up to 1,200 m altitude. It can grow in salty soils. It can grow in arid places. Arboretum Tasmania.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses afforestation dye environmental use food fuel invertebrate food material medicinal oil poison vertebrate poison wood
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Antidote (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Hydrogogue (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Suppurative (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Hydragogue (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:63710-3
WFO ID wfo-0001049016
COL ID 6XL7W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448250
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Synonyms

Sapium sebiferum
WorldFloraDB 2024