Taxon: Vernicia cordata (Thunb.) Airy Shaw

• the 6 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Japanese tung-oil-tree   (Source: Websters Dict [as Aleurites cordata]) – English
  
• Japanese wood-oil-tree   (Source: F TE Afr ) – English
  
• japanischer Tungölbaum   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• abura-giri   (Source: Blumea 44:91. 1999) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Materials: lipids   (fide Dict Econ Pl)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu

• widely cultivated

References:

• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Nogueira, J. B. & R. D. Machado. 1957. Glosario de plantas oleaginosas e ceriferas. II. Euforbiaceas. [= Aleurites cordata].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Stuppy, W. et al. 1999. Revision of the genera Aleurites, Reutealis and Vernicia (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea 44:90–91.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= Aleurites cordata].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Vernicia cordata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vernicia cordata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Vernicia cordata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Aleurites cordatus (Thunb.) Müll. Arg.
  (previously associated with 7 accessions)
• (≡) Dryandra cordata Thunb. (basionym)
  
• (=) Elaeococca verrucosa A. Juss. ex Spreng.
  

Check other web resources for Vernicia cordata (Thunb.) Airy Shaw:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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