Stillingia | |
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Stillingia linearifolia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
Genus: | Stillingia Garden ex L. 1767 (Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 611, 637) not L. 1767 (Mant. Pl. 1:19) |
Synonyms [1] | |
GymnostillingiaMüll.Arg. |
Stillingia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1767. [2] The genus is native to Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] Toothleaf is a common name for plants in this genus. [7]
Stillingia sylvatica was used by Native Americans for syphilis and as a cathartic, diuretic, laxative, and emetic. [8] In large doses, it causes vomiting and diarrhea.
Species include: [1]
Many species formerly in Stillingia have been moved to other genera, including Actinostemon , Adenopeltis , Anomostachys , Balakata , Bonania , Ditrysinia , Excoecaria , Grimmeodendron , Gymnanthes , Homalanthus , Maprounea , Microstachys , Neoshirakia , Sapium , Sclerocroton , Sebastiania , Shirakiopsis , Spegazziniophytum , Spirostachys , and Triadica . [1]
Triadica sebifera is a tree native to eastern China and Taiwan. It is commonly called Chinese tallow, Chinese tallowtree, Florida aspen, chicken tree, gray popcorn tree, or candleberry tree,
Sebastiania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1821. It is native to North and South America from Arizona and the West Indies south to Uruguay.
Caperonia is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1825. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa.
Tragia is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread across North and South America, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and to various islands in the Caribbean and in the Indian Ocean.
Excoecaria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, formally described by Linnaeus in 1759. The genus is native to the Old World Tropics.
Gymnanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is found primarily in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, but with some species in central Africa and southwestern Southeast Asia.
Microstachys is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.
Hippomaninae are plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a subtribe of the Hippomaneae and has 32 genera:
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the largest national park of Thailand. It is on the border with Burma, contiguous with the Tanintharyi Nature Reserve. It is a popular park owing to its proximity to the tourist town of Hua Hin.
Senecio crassiflorus, one of the native South American Senecio and an herbaceous dune dwelling perennial.
Sebastiania pavoniana is a species of tree in the spurge family native to Mexico and northwest Costa Rica. It is the 'bean' part of the Mexican jumping bean, despite not being a legume like true beans. The 'jumping' is provided by the larva of the jumping bean moth.
Triadica cochinchinensis is a species of tree known as the mountain tallow tree.
Stillingia tallow or Chinese vegetable tallow is a fatty substance extracted from the coat of the seeds of Triadica sebifera or Triadica cochinchinensis. It has traditionally been used for making candles. This product must be distiguished from stillingia oil, that is extracted from the seeds of those trees.