Sapium

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Sapium
Sapium sebiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Subfamily: Euphorbioideae Tribe: Hippomaneae Subtribe: Hippomaninae Genus: Sapium Jacq
Species
About 125; see text

Sapium is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising about 125 species. The genus is native to the Tropics, especially the Neotropics. These species have been historically cultivated as a seed-oil crop for soap production and other tallow product, hence the name Sapium.

Species include:

• Sapium aubrevillei
• Sapium aucuparium
  
• Sapium bolivianum
  
• Sapium bourgeaui
• Sapium biloculare - Mexican jumping bean
  
• Sapium glandulatum
  
• Sapium haematospermum
  
• Sapium harrisii
• Sapium jamaicense
  
• Sapium japonicum
  
• Sapium laurocerasum
  
• Sapium longifolium
  
• Sapium luzonicum
• Sapium montevidense
  
• Sapium saltense
• Sapium sebiferum - Chinese tallow
  
• Sapium sellowianum
  
• Sapium triloculare

[edit] Synonyms

• Carumbium Kurz
• Gymnobothrys Wall. ex Baill.
• Sapiopsis Müll.Arg.
• Seborium Raf.
• Shirakiopsis Esser
• Stillingfleetia Bojer
• Taeniosapium Müll.Arg.