CVNBO
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Croton pauperulus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Croton rivinoides Chodat |
synonym | Croton sparsiflorus Morong |
synonym | Oxydectes bonplandiana (Baill.) Kuntze |
synonym | Oxydectes pauperula (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze |
synonym | Oxydectes sparsiflora (Morong) Kuntze |
Créole Maurice |
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Créole Réunion |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mayotte : Croton bonplandianus flowers and fruits all year round.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mauritius: Croton bonplandianus is present in the lower parts of the island, especially in cleared places and roadsides.
Mayotte: C. bonplandianus is an exotic species commonly naturalized in a wide range of degraded environments, villages, embankments, dumps especially in coastal areas.
Reunion: Plant present regularly on the West Coast and is becoming very common in the region Gol and St. Peter. It grows in patches in the plots. It is found especially in uncultivated places and roadsides.
Seychelles: absent
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Croton bonplandianus is native to central South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay).
Worldwide distribution
This species is introduced and naturalized in Kenya, the Mascarene Islands (Reunion, Mauritius), India and Southeast Asia.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Croton%2520bonplandianus
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Malpighiales |
Family | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus | Croton |
Species | Croton bonplandianus Baill. |