Croton gratissimus (Kenya)

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Croton gratissimus (Kenya)

Croton gratissimus Burch., Trav. S. Africa 2: 263 1824. (syn: Croton amabilis Müll.Arg.; Croton antunesii Pax; Croton microbotryus Pax; Croton welwitschianus Müll.Arg.; Croton zambesicus Müll.Arg.; Oxydectes amabilis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Oxydectes welwitschiana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Oxydectes zambesica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze);

Tropical & S. Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO;

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Tree For ID : Kenya : 17OCT16 : AK-25 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

This tree seen in Nairobi in the garden of Nairobi Museum.

Seems to Euphorbiaceae member of Croton sp,

Croton gratissimus ??

Yes, it's matched …

References:

POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI Wikipedia Useful Tropical Plants SANBI TreeSA

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