Taxon:
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) A. Juss. var. variegatum
Summary
Verified:
05/08/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Airy Shaw, H. K. 1980. The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea. Kew Bull. Add. ser 8:64.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Common names
English
croton – garden croton – variegated-laurel – French
croton – German
Kroton – Wunderstrauch – Swedish
kroton –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Maluku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sulawesi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Indonesia | Papua Barat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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PAPUASIA:
Indonesia [Papua Barat], Papua New Guinea
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Sulawesi, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku], Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (n.)]
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, Vanuatu
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Kew Bull Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea 64. 1980; F Viti | Airy Shaw, H. K. 1980. The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea. Kew Bull. Add. ser. 8:64. |
Medicines | folklore | | Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do |