Semecarpus cuneiformisBlanco

WFO wfo-0001284469 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Semecarpus cuneiformis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-20 / obs. 165359979
Semecarpus cuneiformis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165359998
Semecarpus cuneiformis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165360014
Semecarpus cuneiformis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165360013
Semecarpus cuneiformis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165360025

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Semecarpus cuneiformis is native: Taiwan, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Sulawesi TaiwanBorneoLesser Sunda Is.PhilippinesSulawesi
Native distribution of Semecarpus cuneiformis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Taiwan TAI ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cassuvium perrottetii (Marchand) Kuntze
  • Cassuvium philippinense (Engl.) Kuntze
  • Semecarpus elmeri Perkins
  • Semecarpus ferruginea Merr.
  • Semecarpus ferrugineus Merr.
  • Semecarpus lanceolatus Ridl.
  • Semecarpus megabotrys Merr.
  • Semecarpus merrilliana Perkins
  • Semecarpus merrillianus Perkins
  • Semecarpus micrantha Perkins
  • Semecarpus micranthus Perkins
  • Semecarpus obtusifolia Merr.
  • Semecarpus obtusifolius Merr.
  • Semecarpus perrottetii Marchand
  • Semecarpus philippinensis Engl.
  • Semecarpus pilosa Merr.
  • Semecarpus pilosus Merr.
  • Semecarpus ridleyi Merr.
  • Semecarpus sideroxyloides Perkins
  • Semecarpus taftiana Perkins
  • Semecarpus taftianus Perkins
  • Semecarpus thyrsoideus Elmer
  • Semecarpus whitfordii Merr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.