Biology:Triadica cochinchinensis

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Short description: Species of tree

Triadica cochinchinensis
Sapium discolor
Sapium discolor
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Triadica
Species:
T. cochinchinensis
Binomial name
Triadica cochinchinensis
Lour.
Synonyms[2]
  • Excoecaria loureiroana Müll.Arg.
  • (Lour.) Gagnep. (Lour.) Baill.
  • S.B.Ho Sapium eugeniifolium
  • Excoecaria discolor Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.
  • Shirakia cochinchinensis (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg.
  • Hook.f. Sapium laui
  • Excoecaria lanceolaria Croizat
  • Sapium cochinchinense (Lour.) Hurus.
  • (Miq.) Müll.Arg. Champ. ex Benth.
  • Stillingia lanceolaria Sapium discolor
  • Miq. Stillingia cochinchinensis
  • (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg. Stillingia discolor
  • Sapium hookeri Sapium discolor var. wenhsienensis

Triadica cochinchinensis is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.[2][3] This tree is sometimes referred to by the common name mountain tallow tree.[4]

The seeds (as well as from those of Triadica sebifera) are the sources of stillingia oil, a drying oil used in paints and varnishes. The fatty coat of the seeds is known as stillingia tallow, hence its common name.

The two species were formerly classified in the genus Stillingia, as Stillingia discolor and Stillingia sebifera (hence the name of the oil and tallow). At some time before 1950, this tree was reclassified into the genus Sapium as Sapium discolor. In 2002 or so it was reclassified again into the genus Triadica with its present name.[4][5]

Distribution

It is native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, Himalaya, Hainan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

References

  1. ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Triadica cochinchinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T62004345A146696248.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62004345/146696248. Retrieved July 6, 2025. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Triadica cochinchinensis Lour.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:357948-1. 
  3. ↑ "Triadica cochinchinensis Lour.". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/584WR. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hans-Joachim Esser (2002): "A revision of Triadica Lour. (Euphorbiaceae)". Harvard Papers in Botany, volume 7, issue 1, pages 17-21 (5 pages)
  5. ↑ "Triadica cochinchinensis (Lour.)". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-207673. 

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