Species:	Vernicia montana
Genus:	Vernicia
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Taxonomy ID:	316732
Common Name:	the mu oil tree.

      (Vernicia montana) and (Vernicia fordii) are the most representative tree species of the genus Vernicia in the Euphorbiaceae family. Compared to V. fordii, V. montana is a dioecious plant with higher fruit yields from female trees, while male trees exhibit greater ornamental value due to their larger inflorescences. V. fordii is a promising industrial oilseed crop; however, it is highly susceptible to Fusarium wilt[1]. In contrast, V. montana shows resistance to this pathogen. Additionally, (Vernicia montana) is an oil-producing tree[2], and its extracts have been shown to have potential anti-neuroinflammatory effects[3].
      In 2024, Lin assembled the genome of Vernicia montana, providing important genetic resources for studying its evolution and sex determination[4].

Specie type	Genome size	Assembly level	Scaffold N50	CG content	Browse	Data Source(PMID)
Vernicia montana	1.25 Gb	Chromosome	3.69 Mb	-		38988615

[1]Zhang, Q., Gao, M., Wu, L., Wang, Y., & Chen, Y. (2016). Divergent Expression Patterns in Two Vernicia Species Revealed the Potential Role of the Hub Gene VmAP2/ERF036 in Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum in Vernicia montana. Genes, 7(12), 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes7120109
[2]Chen, Y. H., Chen, J. H., Chang, C. Y., & Chang, C. C. (2010). Biodiesel production from tung (Vernicia montana) oil and its blending properties in different fatty acid compositions. Bioresource technology, 101(24), 9521–9526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.117
[3]Zhou, D., Li, Y., Chen, G., Yang, Y., Mi, Y., Lin, B., Li, W., Hou, Y., & Li, N. (2020). Structural elucidation and anti-neuroinflammatory activities of lignans from the testas of Vernicia montana. Bioorganic chemistry, 97, 103690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103690
[4]Li, W., Dong, X., Zhang, X., Cao, J., Liu, M., Zhou, X., Long, H., Cao, H., Lin, H., & Zhang, L. (2024). Genome assembly and resequencing shed light on evolution, population selection, and sex identification in Vernicia montana. Horticulture research, 11(7), uhae141. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhae141