Croton

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Croton in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Croton (Greek name, probably of the castor bean). Euphorbiaceae. Herbs, shrubs or trees of no special horticultural value; some cultivated for economic products which they yield. Pubescence stellate or scaly: Lvs. usually alternate: fls. mostly in terminal spikes or racemes, usually monoecious, sometimes dioecious; sepals usually 5-10, small, petals present at least in the staminate fls.; stamens 5 to many, incurved in the bud; ovary 3-celled, 1 ovule in each cell.—Five hundred or more species in the warmer parts of the world, chiefly in Amer. Several herbaceous species native in S. and W. U. S. For Croton tinctorius, see Chrozophora; for C. sebiferus, see Sapium. See also Codiaeum for the commonly cultivated crotons of florists. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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