Taxon: Bischofia javanica Blume

Common names:

• Bishopwood   (Source: Wealth India RM ed2 ) – English
  
• Java-cedar   (Source: L Euphorb ) – English
  
• needlebark   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• uriam   (Source: Wealth India RM ed2 ) – India (Assam)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Wealth India RM ed2, 2:152-155. 1988)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Nepal
  North Indian Ocean: India - Andaman and Nicobar
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland [n.]
• PACIFIC
  Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia
  South-Central Pacific: Cook Islands; French Polynesia
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; New Caledonia; Niue; Samoa; Tonga; Vanuatu

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [s.e.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

• also cultivated

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1967–. Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances.
• Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1988. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. 2:152–155.
• Florence, J. 1997–. Flore de la Polynésie française.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993–. Flora Madhya Pradesh.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bischofia javanica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Bischofia javanica.

Synonyms:

• (=) Andrachne trifoliata Roxb.
  
• (=) Bischofia trifoliata (Roxb.) Hook.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)

Check other web resources for Bischofia javanica Blume:

• 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
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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