Euphorbiaceae
Mu oil tree
Vernicia montana
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Vernicia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- ورنيشة جبلية
- arz
- ورنيشه جبليه
- Cantonese
- 木油桐
- Chinese
- 千年桐, 木油桐, 廣東油桐, 皱果桐, 木油树, 木油樹
- English
- Mu oil tree
- Malagasy
- Bakoly
- Vietnamese
- Trẩu, Trẩu nhăn
Synonyms
- Aleurites cordatus Gagnep.
- Aleurites montanus E.H.Wilson
- Aleurites vernicius (Corrêa) Hassk.
- Dryandra vernicia Corrêa
- Elaeococca montana (Lour.) Oken
- Elaeococca vernicia (Corrêa) A.Juss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.