Croton glabellus L.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Croton

Characteristics

An annual monoecious deciduous shrub. It grows 8m high.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Environment

Moist or wet, mixed forest or thickets, sometimes in second growth, growing on plains or hillsides, at elevations up to 1,000 metres, though mainly below 500 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Faver (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Croton glabellus world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico

Conservation status

Croton glabellus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1029203-2
WFO ID wfo-0000928038
COL ID ZQ58
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Oxydectes glabella Croton glabellus Croton glanduliferus Croton hookerianus Croton niveus Croton lucidus var. glanduliferus Croton pallens

Lower taxons

Croton glabellus subsp. polytrichus Croton glabellus subsp. glabellus