Vernicia cordata (Thunb.) Airy Shaw

Japanese tung oil tree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Vernicia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 20 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 11.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
More
Montane forests.
Montane forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food fuel material medicinal oil wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Chilblain (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Scald (unspecified), Wine-Nose (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vernicia cordata world distribution map, present in Angola, China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Conservation status

Vernicia cordata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358197-1
WFO ID wfo-0000332484
COL ID 5B48J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vernicia cordata Aleurites cordatus Aleurites vernicifluus Dryandra cordata Elaeococca vernicia Elaeococca verrucosa Camerium cordatum Elaeococca cordata Aleurites japonicus Dryandra verrucosa