Taxon: Triadica sebifera (L.) Small

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

FL(as Sapium sebiferum)*, MS(as Sapium sebiferum)*, PR(as Sapium sebiferum)*, TX*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• candleberry-tree   (Source: F LowYangtze [as Sapium sebiferum]) – English
  
• Chinese tallowtree   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• popcorntree   (Source: Rep NCEPPC [as Sapium sebiferum]) – English
  
• tallowtree   (Source: Dict Rehm [as Sapium sebiferum]) – English
  
• arbre à suif   (Source: Dict Rehm [as Sapium sebiferum]) – French
  
• boiré   (Source: Dict Rehm [as Sapium sebiferum]) – French
  
• chinesischer Talgbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm [as Sapium sebiferum]) – German
  
• árvore do sebo   (Source: PROTABASE ) – Portuguese
  
• pau do sebo   (Source: PROTABASE ) – Portuguese
  
• leiteiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Sapium sebiferum]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• árbol del sebo   (Source: Dict Rehm [as Sapium sebiferum]) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; shade/shelter   (fide Dict Gard, as Sapium sebiferum; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Human food: oil/fat   (fide Cornucopia, as Sapium sebiferum; CultTropS, as Sapium sebiferum; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Fuels: potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol   (fide Goffman & Gomez 1996, as Sapium sebiferum)
  
• Materials: lipids; tannin/dyestuff; wax; wood   (for manufacturing candles and soaps fide Dict Econ Plf, as Sapium sebiferum; PROTABASE)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide PROTABASE)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC, as Sapium sebiferum; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan [natzd.?]

• AFRICA
  Africa [n.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States
• ALSO
  Asia [tropical]

• also cultivated

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
• Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. (Euphorb India)
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft) (Rep NCEPPC) [= Sapium sebiferum].
• Esser, H.-J. et al. 1997. A phylogenetic classification of the Malesian Hippomaneae (Euphorbiaceae). Syst. Bot. 22:620.
• Esser, H.-J. 1999. A partial revision of the Hippomaneae (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 44:197–206.
• Esser, H.-J. 2002. A revision of Triadica Lour. (Euphorbiaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 7:19–21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. (L Euphorb)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm) [= Sapium sebiferum].
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. (F LowYangtze) [= Sapium sebiferum].
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Triadica sebifera.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Triadica sebifera. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Croton sebifer L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.
  (previously associated with 19 accessions)
• (≡) Stillingia sebifera (L.) Michx.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)

Check other databases for Triadica sebifera (L.) Small:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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.

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