''Deutzianthus tonkinensis'' ( vi, mọ or giát) is a species of small

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

up to tall in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is found in southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(SW

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

, S

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

) and northern

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

. The species is under second-class national protection in China. Within Nonggang Natural Reserve in southern Guangxi, ''D. tonkinensis'' is the dominant tree species; however, its young leaves contributed only a minor proportion to the diet of the herbivorous monkey

François' langur François' langur (''Trachypithecus francoisi''), also known as Francois' leaf monkey, the Tonkin leaf monkey, or the white side-burned black langur is a species of lutung and the type species of its species group. It is one of the least studied ...

. In Vietnam, ''D. tonkinensis'' can be found in many national reserves. Its light wood was used to make furniture, chests, stationery products, match sticks, and clogs.

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Jatropheae Trees of China Trees of Vietnam Plants described in 1924 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Euphorbiaceae-stub