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Croton palustris

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Name

Identification
Croton palustris L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Croton palustris
  • Ricinoides indet.
  • Caperonia palustris

Flora

Entry for Caperonia palustris (Linn.) St.-Hil. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Caperonia palustris (Linn.) St.-Hil. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], — F.T.A. 6, 1: 832; Pax & K. Hoffm. l.c. 33, figs. 1, A–B & 6, D–E; Chev. Bot. 572, partly.
Croton palustris Linn. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1753)
Caperonia macrocarpa Pax & K. Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], l.c39 (1912)
Caperonia fistulosa Beille [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1908) — Pax & KHoffml.c37
Caperonia hirtella Beille [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1908) — Pax & KHoffml.c38.
Information
A fairly stout herb, erect or half procumbent, up to 3 ft. high, with small white flowers and roughly setose capsules; in moist ground.
Habitat
; in moist ground.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Distribution
Fr. Sud. Gao (Sept.) Hagerup 367a! Cotaga (July) Chev. 1158. Sébi to Mopti (fl. 8 fr. Aug., Sept.) Chev. 15763.G. C. R. Pawmpawm, E. of Anyaboni (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Morton GC 6092!N. Nig. Minna (fl. & fr. Dec.) Meikle 700!S. Nig. Olokemeji (fl. & fr. Nov.) Keay FHI 14160! Awba Hills F.R., Ibadan (fl. 8 fr. Oct.) Jones FHI 5992! Lagos Rowland.
Distribution (external)
S. Africa
Madagascar
S. America

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