Sapium aucuparium Sapium bolivianum Sapium biloculare - Mexican jumping bean Sapium glandulatum Sapium haematospermum Sapium jamaicense Sapium japonicum Sapium laurocerasum Sapium longifolium Sapium montevidense Sapium sebiferum - Chinese tallow Sapium sellowianum et al. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 798 KB) Picture taken by DanielCD on May 23, 2005. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ... Orders See text. ... Families Family Achariaceae Family Balanopaceae Family Bonnetiaceae Family Caryocaraceae Family Chrysobalanaceae Family Clusiaceae Family Ctenolophonaceae Family Dichapetalaceae Family Elatinaceae Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family) Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Family Euphroniaceae Family Goupiaceae Family Humiriaceae Family Hypericaceae (St Johns wort family) Family Irvingiaceae Family Ixonanthaceae Family Lacistemaceae Family Linaceae (flax family... Genera See text Ref: Euphorbiaceae in The Families of Flowering Plants, as of 2002-07-13 The Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a large family of flowering plants with 280 genera and around 6000 species. ... Tribes Euphorbieae Hippomaneae Hureae Pachystromateae Stomatocalyceae The Euphorbioideae is a subfamily of the family Euphorbiaceae. ... Subtribes and genera Subtribe Carumbiinae Omalanthus Subtribe Hippomaninae Actinostemon Adenopeltis Anomostachys Balakata Bonania Colliguaja Conosapium Dalembertia Dendrocousinsia Dendrothrix Ditrysinia Duvigneaudia Excoecaria Falconeria Grimmeodendron Gymnanthes Hippomane Mabea Maprounea Neoshirakia Pleradenophora Pseudosenefeldera Rhodothyrsus Sapium - Chinese tallow Sclerocroton Sebastiania Senefeldera Senefelderopsis Spegazziniophytum Spirostachys Stillingia Triadica Hippomaneae is a tribe of plant of the... Hippomaninae is a plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Sapium sebiferum Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) originates in eastern Asia where the waxy coating of the seeds is used for candle and soap making, and the leaves are used as herbal medicine to treat boils. ...
Sapium is a plantgenus of the familyEuphorbiaceae, comprising about 125 species. The genus is native to the Tropics, especially the Neotropics. These species have been historically cultivated as a seed-oil crop for soap production and other tallow product, hence the name Sapium. Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Genera See text Ref: Euphorbiaceae in The Families of Flowering Plants, as of 2002-07-13 The Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a large family of flowering plants with 280 genera and around 6000 species. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... A noontime scene from the Philippines on a day when the sun is almost directly overhead. ... A biogeographic region, that extends from Mexico southwards to Tierra del Fuego, and also includes the Caribbean islands. ... This article is about the computer protocol. ... Tallow is rendered beef or mutton fat, processed from suet. ...
We have found numerous Sapium sebiferum trees of various sizes, from saplings to young-mature trees, growing in native vegetation along the American River Parkway in Sacramento, California.
Sapium sebiferum is a deciduous tree up to 12 m (40 feet) tall.
Sapium sebiferum was introduced to the USA in Charleston, South Carolina in the late 1700's.
Sapium sebiferum -- Non-Native Invasive Plants in the United States
Its primary vectors are birds (pileated woodpeckers have been observed eating the seed) and moving waters (tests show viability even after several weeks of floating in water).
Initiation of a new woodland type on the Texas coastal prairie by the Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum).
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