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Scientific Name
Triadica sebifera (L.) Small (ITIS)
Common Name
Chinese tallow, popcorn tree
Synonym
Sapium sebiferum (ITIS)
Native To
China and Japan (Meyer 2011)
Date of U.S. Introduction
1700s (Meyer 2011)
Means of Introduction
Introduced as an ornamental and to be cultivated for seed oil (Miller et al. 2010)
Impact
Crowds out native species (McCormick 2005)
Chinese tallowtree foliage
Credit
Photo by Cheryl McCormick; The University of Florida
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Citations
Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Triadica sebifera. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].