Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Aleurites moluccanus
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(L.) Willd.
Common names
Candlenut Tree, Indian walnut, Indian-walnut, Kukui Nut, candle-nut, candleberry, candlenut, candlenut-tree, kukui, lumbangtree, varnishtree
Names in other languages (48)Aleurite des Moluques, Bancoul, Bancoulier, Bois de cercueil, Bancoulier des Moluques, Noix de bancoul, Noyer de bancoul, Noyer des Moluques, Aleurite des Moluques, Bancoulier des Moluques, Noix de bancoul, Noyer de bancoul, Noyer des Moluques, Arbol llorón, Avellano, Bancoulier, Candle-nut Tree, Jem, Djeme, Kaminting, Kemiri, Lichtnußbaum, Lumbang, M'zeti, Matra vato, Kakazo vato, Noisette des Grands Fonds, Nuez, Otaheiti walnut, Raguar, buah keras, calumbán, camirio, hopeatungpuu, kersneutboom, lumbán, mkaa, muncang, nogueira, nogueira-brasileira, nogueira-da-Índia, nogueira-de-iguape, noyer de bancoul, noyer des Moluques, noz, noz-da-Índia, noz-das-molucas, rama, sviečkovec molucký, ti’a’iri, tuitui, tutui, ti’a’iri, tutui, tuitui, tuitui, ti’a’iri, tung molukański, tungovník molucký, Àma, Лумбанг, Тунг молуккский, ククイ, ククイノキ, 石栗
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Malpighiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Aleurites
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
moluccanus
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Aleurites moluccanus
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 05:36.
Photo of Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Photo: Eric Knight · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Photo: Ruth Nielsen · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Photo: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Photo: Reanne ("Bean") Dunn · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 05:36.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 7 of 7 is a host of × is adjacent to × interacts with × is eaten by × co-occurs ecologically with × has as a parasite × is a symbiont of ×

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is a host of 144 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Earliella scabrosa Polyporaceae is a host of 25 not compared
Uromyces malloti Pucciniaceae is a host of 14 not compared
Trametes corrugata is a host of 10 not compared
Auricularia polytricha is a host of 9 not compared
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is adjacent to 34 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Priemharig korstje Subulicystidium longisporum Hydnodontaceae is adjacent to 6 no location
mjølhinnesoppar Trechispora is adjacent to 6 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Corm dry rot Rigidoporus vinctus Meripilaceae is adjacent to 5 no location
Tripe Fungus Auricularia mesenterica Auriculariaceae is adjacent to 5 not compared
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interacts with 20 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Earliella scabrosa Polyporaceae interacts with 8 no location
Tachuris Polystictus Hymenochaetaceae interacts with 4 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Trametes corrugata interacts with 3 not compared
Nysius kinbergi Lygaeidae interacts with 2 no location
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is eaten by 8 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Brown Tussock Moth Olene mendosa Erebidae is eaten by 1 no location
Hyposmocoma alliterata Cosmopterigidae is eaten by 1 no location
Blue-striped Nettle Grub Parasa lepida Limacodidae is eaten by 1 no location
Parotis marginata Crambidae is eaten by 1 no location
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co-occurs ecologically with 2 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Ornate Flying Fox Pteropus ornatus Pteropodidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 no location
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has as a parasite 2 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Euplectrus longipetiolatus Eulophidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Pteroptrix chinensis Aphelinidae has as a parasite 1 no location
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is a symbiont of 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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