國立自然科學博物館

烏桕
Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. 大戟科 Euphorbiaceae
Central Lowland

Sapium sebiferum is a tree with slender glabrous branches. Leaves are rhomboid-ovate. Racemes are terminal. The first flowers are all staminate, the subsequent ones with 1-4 pistillate flowers at the base. Capsules are  globose, 3-valved with waxy seeds. The plant grows throughout the island of Taiwan, in villages, along roadsides, and on lower slopes.