Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.

Chinese Tallow Tree

Tree to 12 m high. Leaf blade ovate, broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate, 15-60 mm long, 10-65 mm wide; tip long-pointed to acute; base wedge-shaped, rounded or abruptly narrowed. Fruits 3-lobed, roundish, 12-15 mm long, 12-15 mm wide.

China, Taiwan.

Used as a source of oil in Asia.

NSW: Albury (Bot. Gds).

Source: Forster, P. (2002). Euphorbiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Malpighiales
family       Euphorbiaceae
genus        Sapium Jacq.