Euphorbiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Croton schiedeanus

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Croton schiedeanus is an evergreen shrub, more commonly a tree, growing around 10 - 15 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 15 - 20cm in diameter[ 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It is sometimes cultivated in Mexico[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Croton schiedeanus has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to Mexico.

HabitatAn understorey tree in forests, most commonly found along roadsides and stream banks where insolation is abundant and secondary growth thrives[ 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ]. Usually found at elevations below 500 metres[ 421 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 54 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1967 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains parts of the Flora of Panama. ].