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Croton lobatus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Croton lobatus - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Croton lobatus - Upper and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower side of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Croton lobatus - Stem section - Click to enlarge!

Stem section; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Croton lobatus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 543
Date of entry: 22.05.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Lobed croton

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malpighiales (120)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)

          Genus: Croton (6)

            Epithet: lobatus L. (1)

lobatus => divided into or bearing lobes

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, yellow

External links

Check for Croton lobatus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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