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
  
• wu jiu   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• 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
  
• kasumbi   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 14:138. [as Triadica sebiferum]) – Indonesian
  
• kirendang   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 14:138. [as Triadica sebiferum]) – Indonesian (Java)
  
• nankin-haze   (Source: F Japan [as Sapium sebiferum]) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• 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
  
• kinesiskt talgträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide PROTABASE)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide PROTABASE)
  
• 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   (for manufacturing candles and soaps fide Dict Econ Pl, as Sapium sebiferum)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide PROTABASE)
  
• Materials: wax   (oil used for manufacturing candles and soaps fide Dict Econ Pl, as Sapium sebiferum)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide PROTABASE)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 14:139. 2001)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC, as Sapium sebiferum; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Triadica sebifera from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• 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

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Pakistan
  Malesia: Indonesia; Singapore
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Georgia
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Taiwan
• lesser cultivated elsewhere

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft) [= 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.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. [= Sapium sebiferum].
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. [= Sapium sebiferum].
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Vossen, H. A. M. van der & B. E. Umali, eds. 2001. Vegetable oils and fats. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 14:138–142.
• Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Triadica sebifera.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Triadica sebifera.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Triadica sebifera.

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 web resources for Triadica sebifera (L.) Small:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.

Images:

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

More:

• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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