Sapium sebiferum (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.

Synonyms

Excoecaria sebifera (L.) Müll. Arg., Stillingia sebifera (L.) Mitch., Triadica sebifera (L.) Small.

Vernacular names

• Chinese vegetable tallow tree, soap tree, tallow tree (En). Arbre à suif (Fr).

Distribution

Probably native to China only, but widely cultivated and locally naturalized throughout the tropics, notably in Pakistan, and also in Texas (United States).

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