Vernicia — 3 species
Botanical species in the genus Vernicia recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Vernicia cordata
Vernicia cordata
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Cultivation
Vernicia cordata comes from southern Japan, where it experiences mild winters with fairly light frosts. It can be grown outdoors in temperate areas with hot summers and mild winters, it is also grown in subtropical areas and at higher elevations in the tropics. Easily grown in a loamy soil.
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Vernicia fordii
Vernicia fordii
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Cultivation
Tung tree is a plant mainly of subtropical areas, though it can also be grown at higher elevations in the tropics and in some of the warmer regions in the temperate zone - it is cultivated in the Caucasus, for example, where it has been sufficiently cold- resistant and withstood markedly low temperatures without any ill effects. It is reported to tolerate an annual precipitation of 64 - 173cm, average temperatures ranging from 18.7 - 26.2°c, and a pH of 5.4 - 7.1. Tung trees are very exacting in climatic and soil requirements.
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Vernicia montana
Vernicia montana
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the subtropics and tropics, in tropical areas it is usually grown at elevations from 800 - 2,000 metres. It grows best in areas that are frost-free, with an average annual temperatures in the range 15 - 27°c; and where the mean annual rainfall is 850 - 2,000mm. The plants requirement for low temperatures in order to initiate flowering is less than that of Vernicia fordii.
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