Index / Search / Vernicia fordii
§1 Plant
Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy-Shaw
vernacular tungoil tree — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vernicia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 62 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 62 counties across 5 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VEFO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3074906 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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