Pan India Bouquets

Triadica sebifera (L.) Small

Family : Euphorbiaceae
(Spurge Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
Basionym : Croton sebiferum L.
Synonym(s) : Carumbium sebiferum (L.) Kurz; Excoecaria sebifera (L.) Müll.Arg.; Sapium chihsinianum S.K.Lee; Sapium pleiocarpum Y.C.Tseng; Sapium sebiferum (L.) Dum.Cours.; Sapium sebiferum var. cordatum S.Y.Wang; Sapium sebiferum var. dabeshanense B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao; Sapium sebiferum var. pendulum B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao; Seborium chinense Raf.; Seborium sebiferum (L.) Hurus.; Stillingfleetia sebifera (L.) Bojer; Stillingia sebifera (L.) Michx.; Triadica chinensis Spreng.; Triadica sinensis Lour.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Triadica sebifera (L.) Small
Common name : Chicken Tree, Chinese tallow tree, Florida aspen, Gray Popcorn Tree
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Cultivated
Comments / notes : Naturalised in some parts of India.
Key identification features : Leaves broadly rhombic-ovate or suborbicular
Flower, Fruit : May-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : China, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Central and South China to Vietnam and Temperate East Asia and Alabama, Arkansas, Bhutan, California, Cuba, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, India, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 217; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 813
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Triadica sebifera. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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