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Croton inhambanensis Radcl.-sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Croton

Characteristics

Leaf blades 4–10 × 2–3 cm, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, shallowly and somewhat irregularly glandular-serrulate on the margins, wide-cuneate to rounded at the base, with a pair of small stipitate or subsessile discoid glands on upper surface at the junction with the petiole, chartaceous, minutely glandular-punctate, glabrous or subglabrous on both surfaces, if subglabrous then with very few scattered stellate hairs on the lower midrib and lateral nerves; 5-nerved from the base, lateral nerves in 10–18 pairs, scarcely prominent.
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Fruits 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 cm, obovoid-or ellipsoid-subglobose, scarcely 3-lobed, loculicidal, densely echinate, subglabrous except for the processes; processes up to 7 mm long, subulate, curved, sparingly stellate-pubescent.
Seeds 2 × 1.5 × 1 cm, ovoid-ellipsoid, dull, light brown, tawny-mottled, recalling those of the genus Ricinus, as indeed also do the fruits.
Twigs sparingly stellate-pubescent to subglabrous, cinnamon-ochreous at first, later becoming greyish-tawny in colour.
Stipules 5 mm long, subulate, sparingly stellate-pubescent, soon falling.
Petioles 1–7 cm long, stellate-pubescent at first, later glabrescent.
Male and female inflorescences and flowers unknown.
A shrub or small tree up to 5 m high.
Life form annual
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Distribution

Croton inhambanensis world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Croton inhambanensis threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:940273-1
WFO ID wfo-0000931306
COL ID 6BJ3F
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Synonyms

Croton inhambanensis
WorldFloraDB 2024