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Croton erythrochilus

Croton erythrochilus

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

Most Croton species are relatively indifferent to their habitat and can grow on a wide range of soils in both disturbed and undisturbed vegetation[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Croton+erythrochilus>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  2. [2]Bioactivity of certain medicinal latexes used by the Ese’ejas — Mongelli E. et al · 1995 · http://10.1016/0378-8741(95)01262-C ↩︎
  3. [3]Flora of Peru — Macbride. J.F. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1936 ↩︎An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
  4. [4]As espécies de Croton L. sect. Cyclostigma Griseb. e Croton L. sect. Luntia (Raf.) G. L. Webster subsect. Matourense — Guimarães L.A.C. & Secco R.de S. · 2010 ↩︎