Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Croton trinitatis
Croton trinitatis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Croton trinitatis is an annual plant, often with many widely branching stems, growing 30 - 150cm tall[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanas; Caribbean - Trinidad; C. America - Panama to Mexico; N. America - Florida.
HabitatOpen, early secondary vegetation in evergreen forest formations on both the Caribbean and Pacific slopes of Costa Rica, at elevations up to 1,100 metres[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ]. Moist or wet fields or open pine forest, often a weed in cultivated ground[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].