Upright, leaves elliptic, margin, entire, capsule glabrouscent, not orbicular
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Croton acutus Thunb. |
| synonym | Croton arboreus Shecut, nom. rej. |
| synonym | Croton birmanicus Müll.Arg. |
| synonym | Croton camaza Perr. |
| synonym | Croton himalaicus D.G.Long |
| synonym | Croton jamalgota Buch.-Ham. |
| synonym | Croton muricatus Blanco, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston, nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Croton pavana Buch.-Ham. |
| synonym | Croton tiglium var. globosus J.J.Sm. |
| synonym | Halecus verus Raf. |
| synonym | Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf. |
| synonym | Oxydectes birmanica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Oxydectes blancoana Kuntze |
| synonym | Oxydectes pavana (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Tiglium officinale Klotzsch |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Diagnostic Keys
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Shrubs, style 3-6, free or connate at base
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Reproduction
Seeds
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Life Expectancy
8 YEARS
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Large shrub, upto 7 m high, stem stellate-hairy at young, green, glabrous at maturity; leaves alternate, lamina ovate-elliptic, 9.5-13.5 x 5-7.5 cm, papery, glabrous, margins serrulate or sub entire, with small glands, base rounded, with 2 distinct glands, apex acuminate, basal veins 3, petioled, 3.8-5.3 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm diameter, matured leaves become red; flowers terminal and axillary; male flowers: 0.7 x 0.7 cm, pedicelled, ca. 0.6 cm long, 0.1 cm diameter; sepals 5, yellowish, 0.4 cm long; petals 5, white, membranous, pubescent, 0.2 cm long; stamens 14-15, filament 0.35 cm long; anther bilobed, ca. 0.08 x 0.08 cm; female flowers: ca. 0.9 x 0.9 cm, pedicelled, ca. 0.5 cm long, calyx 5, green, 0.5 cm long; ovary hairy at base, 0.4 x 0.25 cm ; style 3, rarely 4, bipartite, horizontal, connate at base, 0.3-0.4 cm long; fruits trilobed, subglobose, glabrescent, ca. 2.3 x ca. 1.6 cm , pedicelled, ca. 0.8 cm long, 0.1 cm diameter; seeds ovate, subglobose, 1.1 x 0.7 cm , smooth, brown on maturity.
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Cultivated, Native of China, naturalised
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Open forests, shrub jungles
Sunny area
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha; Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam
Local Distribution
Darrang, Sivasagar
Global Distribution
AMERICA, BANGLADESH, MYANMAR, SRI-LANKA
Local Distribution
N.E. India
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Wynad
Tamil Nadu: Chennai
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Not at risk
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Protection Legal Status
Grow well in hilly area
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Homoeopathy
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Traditional chinese medicine
Sowa-Rigpa
A small parts of stem is kept overnight in a glass of water and drunk early in the morning on empty stomach to cure cough. Cleansing purpose of teeth the wood is used and also used for curing and relieving tooth ache
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=677
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=677 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=677
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=677
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus | Croton |
| Species | Croton tiglium L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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