Croton palanostigma

Botanical Description

Croton palanostigma is a tree with a spreading crown that grows from 3 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is usually less than 30cm in diameter and unbranched for around one third of its height. When the trunk of the tree is cut or wounded, a dark red, sappy resin oozes out as if the tree is bleeding[ 318 Title Raintree Nutrition - Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the medicinal uses of more than two hundred rainforest plants, mainly from S. America, with basic descriptions of the plants, their other uses etc. , 453 Title Woods of Northeastern Peru Publication Author Williams L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Field Museum Press; Chicago. Year 1936 ISBN Description Gives information on the properties of the wood of well over 1,000 species of woody plants from northeastern Peru. Can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1899 Title As espécies de Croton L. sect. Cyclostigma Griseb. e Croton L. sect. Luntia (Raf.) G. L. Webster subsect. Matourense Publication Acta Amazonica VOL. 40(3) 2010: 471 - 488 Author Guimarães L.A.C. & Secco R.de S. Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ]. The sap is a popular and effective herbal treatment, and so it is commonly harvested from the wild for both local use and for trade.