Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Croton mongue

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

A toxic protein, monguine, was extracted from the seeds; it inhibits protein synthesis[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Botanical Description

Croton mongue is an evergreen shrub or tree with a rounded crown; usually growing up to 20 metres tall, but occasionally up to 30 metres. The bole can be up to 60cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It has been proposed as suitable for large-scale production of match-sticks, but the usually small bole diameter is a serious drawback. It has good prospects as a pioneer species for the reforestation of degraded land[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - eastern Madagascar.

HabitatForest, often in secondary or degraded forest along rivers, at elevations up to 1,300 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].