Vernicia
Genus of flowering plants
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Vernicia is a genus in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1790.[2][3] It is native to China, Japan, India, and Indochina.[1][4][5] The species have often been included within the related genus Aleurites.[6][7]
| Vernicia | |
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| Vernicia fordii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Aleuritideae |
| Subtribe: | Aleuritinae |
| Genus: | Vernicia Lour. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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They are shrubs or trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are alternate, broad, and entire to palmately lobed; they may be either deciduous or evergreen. The flowers may be either monoecious or dioecious.[5]
Species
| Image[1] | Fruit | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Vernicia cordata (Thunb.) Airy Shaw. | southern Japan, naturalized in Angola and Nepal | ||
.jpg) |  | Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw. | southern China, Myanmar, Vietnam, naturalized in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, eastern Himalayas, New South Wales, California, Lesser Antilles, Paraguay, Argentina (tung oil tree) |
 |  | Vernicia montana Lour. | southern China, Indochina; naturalized in Angola, Japan, Java, eastern Himalayas (mu oil tree) |