Biodiesel From Conventional Feedstocks - Biotechnology in China: Biofuels and Bioenergy - page 56

Table 1 Oleaginous crops—overview of production potentials

Variety Distribution Planting area Average yield (ton/

ha/year)

Possible areas Availability of land

Jatropha curcas L. Guangdong, Guangxi,

Yunnan, Sichuan,
Guizhou, Taiwan,
Fujian, Hainan

More than 16,000 ha
in Sichuan (primary
area)

Kernel: 9.75 Mainly in tropical very dry to

moist through subtropical
thorn to wet forest life
zones

At least 2,000,000 ha

Pistacia chinensis
Bunge

Hebei, Henan, Anhui,
Shanxi,

About 66,700 ha Kernel: 7.5 Centralized in Taihangshan

Mountains, covering
middle and south of Hebei
province and the north
of Henan province

At least 300,000 ha

Cornus wilsoniana Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi,

Guizhou, Sichuan,
Guangdong, Guangxi

About 10,000 ha Kernel: 4.5-9.0 Mainly in southern provinces At least 2,000,000 ha

Xanthoceras
sorbifolia
Bunge

Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei,
Neimenggu, Ningxia,
Gansu, Henan

About 25,000 ha Fruit: 45 (but only

kernel for
biodiesel
production)

Mainly in northwest and
north China

At least 4,000,000 ha