Euphorbiaceae
Chinese tallow
Triadica sebifera
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Triadica
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- شجرة الصابون الصينية
- arz
- ترياديكا سيبيفيرا
- Cantonese
- 烏桕
- Chinese
- 乌桕, 烏桕, 乌柏, 乌桕叶, 乌桕子, 乌桕木根皮, 乌桕根皮, 无患子中仁
- Czech
- Kožokvět lojonosný
- English
- Chinese tallow
- Finnish
- Kiinantalipuu
- French
- Gluttier
- Georgian
- Ქონის ხე
- German
- Chinesischer Talgbaum
- Japanese
- ナンキンハゼ, カンテラギ, トウハゼ, 南京櫨, 南京黄櫨, 烏桕, 烏臼, 烏臼木
- Korean
- 오구나무
- lzh
- 烏臼
- mnc
- ᡳᠮᡝᠩᡤᡝ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Talgtre
- Persian
- تریادیکا سبیفرا
- Polish
- Drzewo łojowe, Maścierz łojodajna, Smokrzyn łojodajny
- Russian
- Сальное дерево
- Slovenian
- Kitajski lojevec
Synonyms
- Carumbium sebiferum (L.) Kurz
- Croton macrocarpus Rchb. ex Müll.Arg.
- Croton sebifer L.
- Excoecaria sebifera (L.) Müll.Arg.
- Sapium chihsinianum S.K.Lee
- Sapium pleiocarpum Y.C.Tseng
- Sapium sebiferum (L.) Dum.Cours.
- Sapium sebiferum var. cordatum S.Y.Wang
- Sapium sebiferum var. dabeshanense B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao
- Sapium sebiferum var. multiracemosum B.C.Ding ex S.Y.Wang & T.B.Chao
- Sapium sebiferum var. pendulum B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao
- Seborium chinense Raf.
- Seborium sebiferum (L.) Hurus.
- Stillingfleetia sebifera (L.) Bojer
- Stillingia sebifera (L.) Michx.
- Stillingia sinensis Müll.Arg.
- Stillingia sinensis (Lour.) Baill.
- Triadica chinensis Spreng.
- Triadica sinensis Lour.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.