Croton
ക്രോട്ടൺপাতাবাহার
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.3 m
- wide
- 1.2 m
Euphorbiaceae
Also called Variegated Croton, Garden croton
Formerly Croton variegatus, Crozophyla variegata, Oxydectes variegata, Phyllaurea variegata
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Malesia to SW. PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 1.8 m to 2.7 mRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 2–8 ft; UF/IFAS 10–10 ft
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- 7.2 °C (USDA zone 11b)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 4.4 °C; Wikipedia 10 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Indonesian
- Puring
- Spanish
- Crotón asiático de jardín, Crotón, Carácter de hombre
- Chinese
- 變葉木, 变叶木, 洒金榕
- Portuguese
- cróton
- Chinese (China)
- 变叶木
- Japanese
- クロトン, ヘンヨウボク
- Finnish
- ihmepensas, Ihmepensas
- Czech
- kodieum pestré
- Russian
- Кодиеум пёстрый
- root
- kulutung, Kesuk
- German
- Kroton
- Danish
- broget codiaeum
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Codiaeum variegatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.