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Sapindaceae

Lac tree

Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken

Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Schleichera

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Lac tree: Heavily lopped Schleichera oleosa, Outer Himalaya, India
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Lac tree

Synonyms

  • Cussambium glabrum Buch.-Ham.
  • Cussambium oleosum (Lour.) Kuntze
  • Cussambium pubescens Buch.-Ham.
  • Cussambium spinosum Buch.-Ham.
  • Koon oleosus (Lour.) Pierre
  • Melicocca pubescens (Roth) DC.
  • Melicocca trijuga (Willd.) Juss.
  • Ornitrophe triandra Blanco
  • Schleichera aculeata Kostel.
  • Schleichera pubescens Roth
  • Schleichera trijuga Willd.
  • Schmidelia triandra Blanco
  • Scytalia trijuga (Willd.) Roxb. ex DC.
  • Stadmannia pubescens Spreng.
  • Stadmannia trijuga (Willd.) Spreng.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.