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| image_caption = ''Aleurites moluccana'' (Candlenut)
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Aleurites (Greek, farinose or floury). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees grown for the oils they yield or sometimes for shade and ornament.
 
Aleurites (Greek, farinose or floury). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees grown for the oils they yield or sometimes for shade and ornament.
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A. cordata is a fine smooth-barked tree, good for shade and will stand high temperature, but not much below freezing. A. Fordii is a very ornamental tree.
 
A. cordata is a fine smooth-barked tree, good for shade and will stand high temperature, but not much below freezing. A. Fordii is a very ornamental tree.
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The wood-oil trees are usually grown on dry, thin soil not suited to general farming. They are grown from seeds, and begin to produce nuts in three to six years. The seedlings are raised in a bed and transplanted when about a foot high or are planted where they are to stand. They may also be propagated from hardwood cuttings, which root readily. An average tree is said to yield twenty to fifty pounds of nuts with about 24 percent of oil. The oil is pressed from the seed after roasting. The seed is poisonous. See Circ. 108, U. S. Bu. PI. Ind.
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The wood-oil trees are usually grown on dry, thin soil not suited to general farming. They are grown from seeds, and begin to produce nuts in three to six years. The seedlings are raised in a bed and transplanted when about a foot high or are planted where they are to stand. They may also be propagated from hardwood cuttings, which root readily. An average tree is said to yield twenty to fifty pounds of nuts with about 24 percent of oil. The oil is pressed from the seed after roasting. The seed is poisonous.
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| name = ''Aleurites''
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| image = Aleuritesmoluccana1web.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Aleurites moluccana'' (Candlenut)
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
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| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
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| subfamilia = [[Crotonoideae]]
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| tribus = [[Aleuritideae]]
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| subtribus = [[Aleuritinae]]
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| genus = '''''Aleurites'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|J.R.Forst.]] & [[Georg Forster|G.Forst.]]
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See section [[Aleurites#Species|Species]].
   
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'''''Aleurites''''' is a small arborescent genus of plants in the tropical and subtropical regions of [[Asia]], the [[Pacific]] and [[South America]], belonging to the Spurge family [[Euphorbiaceae]].
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==Cultivation==
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These monoecious, evergreen [[tree]]s are [[Perennial plant|perennials]] or semi-perennials. These are large trees, 15-40 m tall, with spreading drooping and rising branches.
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===Propagation===
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The [[Leaf|leaves]] are alternate, lobate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate with minute stipules. They are pubescent on both sides when young, but in a later stage they become glabrous.
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===Pests and diseases===
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[[Image:Aleuritesmoluccana2web.jpg|thumb|left|Candlenut (''Aleurites moluccana'')]]
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==Species==
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The [[inflorescence]] consists of terminal plumes of small, creamy white bell-shaped fragrant [[flower]]s, branching from the base. The flowers are usually bisexual, with a solitary pistillate flower at the end of each major axis. The lateral cymes are staminate. There are five or six imbricate petals. The staminate flowers are mostly longer and thinner than the pistillate flowers, with 17-32 glabrous stamens in four whorls. The pistillate flowers have a superior [[ovary (plants)|ovary]].
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The most widespread species is the [[Candlenut]] (''Aleurites moluccana''), occurring from tropical Asia, the Pacific, from India to China and Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand{{wp}}. Some botanists only recognize two species, ''Aleurites moluccana'' and ''Aleurites rockinghamensis''{{wp}}.
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The [[fruit]]s are rather large drupes with a fleshy exocarp and a thin, woody endocarp. They vary in shape, according to the numbers of developed locules. They contain oleiferous [[seed]]s. These seeds are [[poison]]ous.
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The oil has been used as a [[paraffin]], lubricant or as a constituent of varnish, paint or soap. It has also been used as baking oil, after removing the poisonous substances.
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Some deciduous [[China|Chinese]] species are now classified under a separate species ''Vernicia''.
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The name ''Aleurites'' is derived from a [[Greek language|Greek]] word meaning "wheaten flour", because of the appearance of the lower surface of the leaf.
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===Species===
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The most widespread species is the [[Candlenut]] (''Aleurites moluccana''), occurring from tropical Asia, the Pacific, from India to China and Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand. Some botanists only recognize two species, ''Aleurites moluccana'' and ''Aleurites rockinghamensis''.
   
*''[[Aleurites angustifolia]]'' - ([[New Caledonia]])
 
*''[[Aleurites angustifolia]]'' - ([[New Caledonia]])
 
*''[[Aleurites cordata]]'' - ([[China]])
 
*''[[Aleurites cordata]]'' - ([[China]])
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*''[[Aleurites triloba]]'' - ([[Pacific]])
 
*''[[Aleurites triloba]]'' - ([[Pacific]])
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[[Image:Aleuritesmoluccana3web.jpg|thumb|200px|Candlenut seedling]]
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The genus is also known by the [[synonymy|synonym]] ''Camirium'' [[Gaertn.]]
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Image:Aleuritesmoluccana3web.jpg|Candlenut seedling
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Image:Aleuritesmoluccana2web.jpg|Candlenut (''Aleurites moluccana'')
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==References==
 
==References==
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* Stuppy, W., P.C. van Welzen, P. Klinratana & M.C.T. Posa. 1999. Revision of the genera Aleurites, Reutealis and Vernicia (Euphorbiaceae). ''Blumea'' 44: 73-98.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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