Euphorbiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Croton macrostachyus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Botanical Description

Croton macrostachyus is a deciduous tree with a spreading but rounded, open crown. It grows up to 30 metres tall, though is more commonly within the range 6 - 12 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. , 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The cylindrical bole can be up to 100cm 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 an important traditional medicine in Africa. It is commonly gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine and also provides a useful timber. It is often planted to provide shade in plantations, where it also stabilizes and enriches the soil and provides protection.. An attractive tree, it can be planted in amenity areas where it provides useful shade[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. Croton macrostachyus 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 RangeTropical Africa - Guinea eastwards to Ethiopia and southwards to Angola Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar.

HabitatEvergreen forest, Brachystegia woodland and wooded grassland in submontane localities, often on rocky hillsides, in evergreen riverine and gully forest, and swamp forest, also on termitaria at elevations of 825 - 1,830, occ to 2,165 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].