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Camptotheca acuminata (camptotheca)

Synonyms: Camptotheca acuminata var. acuminata; Camptotheca acuminata var. rotundifolia; Camptotheca acuminata var. tenuifolia; Camptotheca yunnanensis; Cephalanthus esquirolii

Wikipedia Abstract

Camptotheca (happy tree, cancer tree, or tree of life) is a genus of medium-sized deciduous trees growing to 20 metres (66 ft) tall, native to southern China and Tibet. The genus is usually included in the tupelo family Nyssaceae, but sometimes included (with the tupelos) in the dogwood family Cornaceae. The name "happy tree" is a direct translation of the Chinese name xǐ shù (Simplified Chinese:喜树). There are two species: \n* Camptotheca acuminata Decne. \n* Camptotheca lowreyana S.Y.Li C. acuminata also contains the chemical compounds trifolin and hyperoside.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Specific Gravity [2]  0.428
Structure [3]  Tree

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0