Taxon:  Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.



Summary
Genus:
Sapium
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Euphorbioideae
Tribe:
Hippomaneae
Subtribe:
Hippomaninae
Nomen number:
33102
Place of publication:
Hort. bengal. 69.  1814 (Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:693.  1832)
Comment:
validly published according to Robinson (1912)
Verified:
09/12/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
19 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Airy Shaw, H. K. 1975. The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo. Kew Bull. add. ser., 4:192.
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Barrilleaux, T. C. & J. B. Grace. 2000. Growth and invasive potential of Sapium sebiferum (Euphorbiaceae) within the coastal prairie region: the effects of soil and moisture regime. Amer. J. Bot. 87:1099-1106.
  4. Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
  5. Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  7. Esser, H.-J. 2002. A revision of Triadica Lour. (Euphorbiaceae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 7:19.
  8. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  9. Goffman, F. D. & N. V. Gomez. 1996. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Jojoba and its uses and of the Third International Conference on New Industrial Crops and Products. 225-228.
  10. Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as "Sapium serbiferum"
  13. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  14. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977-1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
  15. Kruijt, R. C. 1996. A taxonomic monograph of Sapium Jacq., Anomostachys (Baill.) Hurus., Duvigneaudia J. Leonard, and Sclerocroton Hochst. (Euphorbiaceae tribe Hippomaneae). Biblioth. Bot. 146:89.
  16. Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1977. Flora of Taiwan. 3:496.
  17. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  18. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  19. Robinson, C. B. 1912. Roxburgh's Hortus Bengalensis. Philipp. J. Sci., C. 7:414, 416. Note: on the validity of original publication
  20. Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
  21. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 470.
  22. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33102. Accessed 9 May 2026.