Vernicia fordii - Wikipedia
WEBVernicia fordii (usually known as the tung tree (Chinese: 桐, tóng) and also as the tung-oil or tungoil tree (油桐), the kalo nut tree, and the China wood-oil tree) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family native to southern China, Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. [1]
Vernicia fordii (Tung Nut, Tung Oil Tree, Tungoil Tree) | North ...
WEBThe tung oil tree is native to southern China in the spurge family. It can grow 40 ft tall and has hibiscus-type flowers that are white with red centers that bloom before the leaves appear. It can grow in full sun but also tolerates being an understory tree and is …
Tung Trees – Historic Crop; Toxic Legacy - University of Florida
WEBMar 27, 2015 · It’s the tung tree, imported from China to build a thriving agricultural industry from Gainesville to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Pretty as it is, all parts of the tung tree (Aleurites fordii) are toxic to humans and livestock, the nuts especially so.
Tung tree | Oleic Acid, Oil Production & Chinese Cultivation
WEBtung tree, (Aleurites fordii), small Asian tree of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), commercially valuable for tung oil (q.v.), which is extracted from its nutlike seeds. In the Orient tung oil was traditionally used for lighting, but …
Tung oil - Wikipedia
WEBTung oil or China wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree (Vernicia fordii). Tung oil hardens upon exposure to air (through polymerization), and the resulting coating is transparent and has a deep, almost wet look.
A Beginners Guide to What is Tung Oil and When to Use It
WEBDec 18, 2022 · Tung oil is an oil obtained from the seed of the nut seed of the tung tree (Vernicia fordii). Also called China wood oil, the oil consists of several fatty acids that penetrate the porous wood surface.
Tung Oil - Biloxi Historical Society
WEBNov 24, 1996 · Tung Oil. Tung nuts are grown on a tree indigenous to China. The name of the tree is derived from the heart-shape of its leaves, as the Chinese word for heart is "tung". The tung nut tree reaches a height of about 25-feet and will produce approximately 20-25 pounds of nuts per season.
Vernicia fordii, Tung Oil Tree – Invasive Species - Extension
WEBJul 24, 2019 · Tung oil tree is an invasive deciduous tree that grows up to 66 ft (20 m) tall and has milky white sap. The leaves are simple, 6 to 10 in. (15.2 to 25.4 cm) long, and alternate.
Tung Oil: debunking the myths - Canadian Woodworking
WEBThe chances of allergy to tung oil are remote, and tung oil has several other advantages over linseed oil. Professor Norm Kenkel, a biologist at the University of Manitoba, reminded me of another reason to use it: “Tung oil is an environmentally safe and sustainable wood finishing product.”
Tung-oil, an Environmentally Safe Wood Preservative - Dave's Garden
WEBJul 18, 2011 · Tung oil makes a tough, flexible, highly water-resistant coating. That, of course, makes it useful to furniture manufacturers and makers of fine furniture who find that a tung oil finish preserves their pieces better than linseed oil.