Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Sapium jenmannii
Sapium jenmannii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
A plant of low elevations in the moist tropics[1]. Requires a humid position that is sheltered from strong winds[1]. It prefers a well-drained, fully cleared clayey-peaty soil[1]. In heavy clay soils, exposed to wind, this plant does not grow luxuriantly, developing into a shrubby bush very liable to attacks from pests[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sapium+jenmannii>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported Vol. 23 — USDA Government Printing Office; Washington DC. · 1911 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Details of seeds imported for trials by the United States Department of Agriculture in the second quarter of 1909, often detailing the uses of the plant and various other miscellaneous information. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [2]Rubber. Its Sources, Cultivation and Preparation. — Brown H. · John Murray; London. · 1914 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Written in the days before synthetic rubbers and the loss of interest in finding new rubber sources. A good amount of information on latex-producing plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [3]Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. — Chudnoff. Martin. · USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. · 1984 ↩︎Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics.