Croton aromaticus L., Sp. Pl. 1005. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 388. 1887; Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 200. 1984. C. laccifer L., Sp. Pl. 1005. 1753 (as ‘lacciferum’); Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1315. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 920. 1957) as per efi thread; Shrubs, branchlets stellate, brown tomentose. Leaves to 12 x 6 cm, ovate, acuminate, cordate at base, 3-ribbed from base, glands 2 pairs; upper leaves with acute base; petiole 2-3 cm long. Racemes 10 cm long, solitary or paired, densely stellate hairy; female flower 7 mm across; sepals ovate, acute; petals obovate, ciliate; styles 3, each dichotomously divided, glabrous. Male flowers many, similar to female flowers; stamens 20, filaments bearded. capsule 1 cm across, globose, densely stellate hairy. Flowering and fruiting: April-August Shola forests bordering grasslands and semi-evergreen forests India and Sri Lanka Please help me to identify this tree species found in a rain forest near Valparai. The fruits are c.3cm long and leaf around 10cm long. Is this Dryptes sp.? Date: 30 July 2012 Place: Valparai, TN Alt.: 950 m asl Habitat: border of evergreen forest It looks like a Croton sp. to me... It is looking like Drypetes brownii Standl. and it is mainly distributed in Mexico, South America, Belize and Costa Rica This is likely to be Croton aromaticus. Yes, It is a allied species of Croton laccifer L. Syn: Croton aromaticus Thank you for the identification. Please find some more images taken on 26 Aug 2012.
Euphorbiaceae Fortnight :: Croton for ID :: MK005 : Attachments (7). 6 posts by 3 authors. Please help me in identifying this Croton tree. I could see this more commonly along the edges of evergreen forests in Nilgiris. Leaf: up to 20 cm long Small tree of size up to 6 metre Date: 18 Aug 2013 Place: Kothagiri RF, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 1900 m asl Croton aromaticus. Is Croton laccifer L. a synonym for C.aromaticus? Yes, Croton laccifer L. is a synonym of C. aromaticus L.
Please help me in identifying this Croton tree. I could see this more commonly along the edges of evergreen forests in Nilgiris. Leaf: up to 20 cm long Small tree of size up to 6 metre Date: 18 Aug 2013 Place: Kothagiri RF, Nilgiris, TN Alt.: 1900 m asl Croton aromaticus Is Croton laccifer L. a synonym for C.aromaticus? Yes, Croton laccifer L. is a synonym of C. aromaticus L. Links available at net on search seems at variance from your observations: The Plant List MMPND India Biodiversity Portal We combined Croton laccifer L. with C. aromaticus L. perhaps in 1981. As the dates of publication of both the species are same, we chose the name Croton aromaticus for the combined species.Croton aromaticus L., Sp. Pl. 1005. 1753; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 388. 1887; Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 200. 1984. C. laccifer L., Sp. Pl. 1005. 1753 (as ‘lacciferum’); Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1315. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 920. 1957).
Flora of Munnar :: FOR ID :: Croton ¿ malabaricus ? :: DV03AUG : 15 posts by 3 authors. Munnar Date: June 3 - 6, 2014 ... Elevation: around 1600m asl Croton ¿ malabaricus ? Dear friends, please help with ID. Moderate sized tree bearing male and female flowers spikes; fallen male flower measuring about 3 - 4 mm across. Found along NH 49 near Chinnakanal, Munnar. At facebook, suggested ID to genus level is Croton; could it be C. malabaricus ? fallen male flower male flowers female flowers spike the left among the two Yes please. Excellent photos. It is an endemic species. The photos look like an admixture. The last photos in particular with cordate leaf base belong to something very different. Croton malabaricus never has such cordate leaf base. Thank you very much ... for re-validating the ID (of not being C. malabaricus). The last picture shows mix of plants; I should have specifically mentioned that it is for showing the tree trunk. The branches, leaves could be a mix of adjacent tree(s). Since I do not find presence of glands at the junction of lamina and petiole, I am hesitant to think of C. laccifer OR C. aromaticus. Hoping we reach an ID with posted photos. the plant is identified C.lacciferus Many thanks ... for resurfacing the query. Thanks very very much Ramachandran ji for the ID.I am keen to know the author citation for Croton lacciferus ... whether 2) Croton lacciferus Blanco ... synonym of Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg.1) Croton lacciferus L. ... synonym of Croton aromaticus L. I could find the following only (No Croton lacciferus L.): Croton lacciferus Blanco I had seen this page in A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume 2. Relevant words are obscured on seeing. Not sure I understood your point ... Attaching a screenshot of what I see on the page ... Thanks, ... But I think this is a 19th century book. Agreed ... I found in this text ... Croton lacciferus L. as synonym of Croton aromaticus L. Croton lacciferus Blanco is synonym of Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg. at The Plants List ... does not seem to be distributed in India, and has peltate leaves. Croton lacciferus L. (= Croton aromaticus L.) has 2 pair of glands at the junction of lamina and petiole beneath, which I cannot see in my posted pictures. ..., please let me correct myself - that the poor quality of photos may not be showing the glands clearly.
Nelliyampahy, Kerala November 2014 Croton laccifer Agree with ... in identification of the plant References: |
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