Croton gratissimus Burch.

Kingdom: Plantae (2509)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2408)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2040)

      Order: Malpighiales (94)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (77) (family description)

          Genus: Croton (6)

           Epithet: gratissimus Burch. (1)

Synonyms: Croton amabilis Müll.Arg., Croton antunesii Pax, Croton microbotryus Pax, Croton welwitschianus Müll.Arg., Croton zambesicus Müll.Arg., Oxydectes amabilis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Oxydectes gratissima (Burch.) Kuntze, Oxydectes welwitschiana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Oxydectes zambesica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze

amabilis => lovely

gratissima => gratifying, with great pleasure

gratissimus => gratifying, with great pleasure

Climate: tropical

Habit: arborescent

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