EPPO Global Database

Vernicia fordii(ALEFO)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-02

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ALEFO
  • Preferred name: Vernicia fordii
  • Authority: (Hemsley) Airy-Shaw

Notes

China and southeast Asia. Cultivated for the production of tung oil (a varnish for wood)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Aleurites fordii Hemsley

Common names
Name
Language
yóu tóng Chinese
油桐 Chinese
Chinese olieboom Dutch
Chinese wood-oil tree English
tung-oil tree English
aleurite French
arbre à huile French
bois de Chine French
tung French
Holzölbaum German
Tungölbaum German
shina-aburagiri Japanese
シナアブラギリ Japanese
yu dong Korean
유동 Korean
aleurites Portuguese
falsa-faia Portuguese
tungue Portuguese
árvore-do-oleo-tungue Portuguese
árvore-do-óleo-da-china Portuguese
китайское тунговое дерево Russian
тунг Форда Russian
aleurita Spanish
tung Spanish