Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Vernicia fordii, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Hemsl.) Airy Shaw	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Kew Bull. 20: 394 (1966)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1966	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Chinese wood-oil-tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & S. China to N. Indo-China	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	900 cm	900 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214, 882, 909	Sourced
Flower color	empty	magenta, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	1500 cm	1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214, 882, 909	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	25.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	chemicals, human_food, medical, other, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw, 1966 20% complete

Chinese wood-oil-tree

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