Botanical name: Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Synonyms: Aleurites javanica Gand., Aleurites remyi Sherff, Aleurites triloba Forster & Forster f., Camirium moluccanum (L.) Ktze., Croton moluccanus L., Jatropha moluccana L.
Vernacular/common names: Common names in Indonesia: Buwa kare, kembiri, kemili, kemiling, kereh, madang ijo, tanoan (Sumatra); kamere, kemiri, komere, midi, miri, muncang, pidekan (Java); keminting, kemiri (Kalimantan); berau, bontalo dudulaa, boyau, lana, saketa, wiau (Sulawesi); kemiri, kemwiri, kumiri, mi, nena, nyenga (Maluku); tenu (Nusa Tenggara); anoi (Papua) (Martawijaya et al. 1989).
Common names in other countries: candlenut, candleberry, varnish tree, Indian or Belgaum walnut (England); lauci, nggerenggere, sikeci,...