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Triadica cochinchinensis
In Singapore: Mouse Deer's Delight, 山乌桕 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Mountain tallow is a deciduous tree in the spurge family, native to wet tropical and subtropical Asia. Its seeds yield a drying oil and a waxy tallow, and it is grown mainly as an ornamental or source of oil in warm, humid regions.
Triadica cochinchinensis is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. This tree is sometimes referred to by the common name mountain tallow tree.
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.
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.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
