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Taxon:
Croton lechleri
Müll. Arg.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Croton
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
Tribe:
Crotoneae
Nomen number:
411368
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2):545. 1866
Verified:
07/17/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Estrella, E.
1995. Plantas medicinales amazonicas, realidad y perspectivas. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 28:210-212.
Govaerts, R. et al.
2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Killeen, T. J. et al.
1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Missouri Botanical Garden.
W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
URL:
http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 99.
Common names
English
dragon's blood –
Reference(s)
dragon's-blood croton –
Reference(s)
Spanish
sangre de drago –
Reference(s)
sangre de dragón –
Reference(s)
sangre de grado –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
source of crofelemer & taspine
it contains taspine fide CoopAmaz; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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