Chinese Lardplant (Hodgsonia heteroclita)
Description
Chinese lard seed is a fast-growing, very vigorous, large, woody, climbing plant producing stems that can be 30 metres long and supporting itself on other plants by means of tendrils The plant produces large, edible seeds that are very rich in oil. Commonly used for food within its native range, the plant has only been brought into cultivation since the 1970's, and is now an economically important oil plant in southwest Yunnan. The non-drying seed oil was previously obtained from wild-growing plants and has long been known in Europe as kadam oil or kayapang oil.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Cucurbitales
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Family: Cucurbitaceae
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Genus: Hodgsonia
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