Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus Kuntze

Variety

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Croton > Croton gratissimus

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree, up to 10 m high. Leaves with upper surface glabrous, dark shiny green, undersurface covered with dense silvery scales, dotted with small cinnamon-coloured glandular scales. Flowers in racemes up to 100 mm long; cream to golden yellow.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 8.05 - 12.62
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal social use vertebrate poison
Edible fruits leaves
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Distribution

Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168021-1
WFO ID wfo-0000931165
COL ID 5NCRT
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Synonyms

Oxydectes welwitschiana Oxydectes zambesica Croton amabilis Croton antunesii Croton microbotryus Oxydectes amabilis Croton welwitschianus Croton zambesicus Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus