Stillingea
a genus of Hippomaneæ. Milky trees or shrubs with alternate leaves, on petioles which have two glands at the apex; flowers monœcious, the males usually in crowded terminal STILLINGEA spikes, with a bi-glandular bract at the base; calyx cup-shaped; stamens two, with their filaments united at the base; female solitary; calyx tridentate or trifid; stigmas three, simple; ovary threecelled; fruit capsular, globose, with three cells, each one-seeded. From the tropics of Asia and America. S. sebifera is the Chinese tallow tree. The root of S. sylvatica is considered in the Carolinas and Florida to be a remedy for syphilis.