Croton

genus of plants

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae

Native toAlabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize

Observations recorded376,669

General: Members of Croton are found in the subcanopy of primary Use: value. The horticultural crotons are properly called Codiaeum. Common Name: croton bark

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Research

3,109 papers

Croton cajucara: Patents and Nanotechnological Advances.Recent patents on nanotechnology · 2024
Diterpenoids from the genus Croton and their biological activities.Archives of pharmacal research · 2025
Chemical Constituents from Croton Species and Their Biological Activities.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
Cytotoxic Tigliane Diterpenoids from Croton damayeshu.Journal of natural products · 2019
Botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacological and toxicological effects of Croton tiglium Linn.: a comprehensive review.The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2022

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Wikidata facts

Image: Starr 040105-0093 Croton guatemalensis.jpg

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taxon name: Croton
Commons category: Croton
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3106
taxon common name: حب المُلوك

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Article

Croton is an extensive plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard Rumphius. The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton, but the latter also refers to Codiaeum variegatum. The generic name comes from the Greek κρότος (krótos), which means "tick" and refers to the shape of the seeds of certain species.

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