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