Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Croton urucurana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Croton urucurana is a deciduous shrub or a tree with an open and irregularly-shaped crown; it can grow 7 - 14 metres tall. The bole can be 25 - 35cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. , 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of timber. It is also suitable for use as a pioneer species in restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil.

HabitatGallery forests, characteristic of very humid and swampy terrains[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. Found mainly in secondary formations[ 19 Title Poisonous Plants. Publication Author Stary. F. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1983 ISBN 0-600-35666-3 Description Not very comprehensive, but easy reading. ].