The Institute for Regional Conservation

Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Plants of South Florida · Plants by Conservation Area · Plants by County · Plants by Habitat
Quick Search · Advanced Search

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.

Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Tung-oil tree, candlenut tree

Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands (Polynesia); widely cultivated and naturalized.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the USDA PLANTS link below.

Other data on Aleurites moluccanus available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Aleurites moluccanus has been found in the following 3 conservation areas :
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized

	Occurrence	Native Status
Aleurites moluccanus has been found in the following 2 counties :
Broward County		Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Naturalized