Aleurites moluccana

Botanic Name Recordings

石栗

Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.

Candlenut Tree

Plant Type

Native/Exotic

Usual Habitats

Tree

Exotic

Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional), Urban Street

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Shade Tree

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

Fruit Colour

Inconspicuous

Fruit Time of Year

White

Flower Colour

Flower Time of Year

d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER

Landscape Application Examples

Location: The University of Hong Kong

Date: 20250514

Viewed from above, the new white leaves and flowers of Aleurites moluccana look almost like a snow drift!

20220416_HKU_Aleurites moluccana

20210425_Mui Wo_Aleurites moluccana

20200417_Queen's Road East_ Chukrasia tabularis, Aleurites moluccana, Mangifera indica, Cinnamomum camphora, Schefflera arboricola

20200325_Austin Road_Aleurites moluccana, Tabebuia chrysantha, lack of underground rooting space

20200218_Wah Fu_Aleurites moluccana

20210521_HKU_Aleurites moluccana

20210405_Lam Wah Street, Kowloon Bay_Aleurites moluccana, Caryota mitis, Schefflera arboricola, Dietes bicolor, Ruellia coerulea, Catharanthus roseus

20200417_Gloucester Road_Syzygium jambos, Schefflera arboricola, Peltophorum tonkinese, Roystonea regia, Aleurites moluccana, Ficus benjamina

20200226_HKU_Aleurites moluccana, Cables that prevent tree from swaying wildly

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