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Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.

Cocochile, Indian walnut, candle-nut

It is used as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food (POWO, 2022).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Euphorbiales

Family
Euphorbiaceae

Genus
Aleurites

Species
moluccanus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. (POWO, 2022).

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2006

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Food with potential to propagate

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific (POWO, 2022).

References

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/

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"Galapagos Species Database, Aleurites moluccanus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20229. Accessed 5 November 2026.