Croton verdickiiDe Wild. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Croton sylvaticusHochst. ex Krauss [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown, 1983
Related name
Croton verdickii
Croton sylvaticus
Flora
Entry for CROTON Verdickii De Wild. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
CROTON VerdickiiDe Wild. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Études Fl. Baset Moyen-Congo, ii. 277.
Information
A large tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic, pointed at both ends, obtuse, 3–3 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, thinly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, ascending, prominent below; secondary nerves subparallel, distinct below; petiole biglandular at the apex, 3/4–1 1/4 in. long, with a puberulous groove on the upper side, otherwise glabrous; stipules obliquely lanceolate, 1 1/2 lin. long, glabrous, membranous. Male and female flowers not known, but flowers probably monœcious. Fruiting racemes terminal; pedicel stout, 1 1/4 lin. long, tomentose. Sepals lanceolate, thinly pubescent or nearly glabrous. Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid, 3–4 lin. long, about 2 1/2 lin. in diam., densely yellowish-tomentellous.
Distribution
Congo South Central Katanga; Lukafu, Verdick, 298!
