Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese wood-oil-tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tung tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tung-oil-tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
桐子花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桐油	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
气桐子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油桐	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油桐叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油桐子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油桐根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 120 (1906).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aleurites fordii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Aleurites fordii Hemsl.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aleurites fordii Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aleurites fordil Hemsley.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy-Shaw	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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