Croton cuneatus
Klotzsch
Euphorbiaceae
Croton bilocularis J.Murillo
Croton kaieteuri Jabl.
Croton martii Müll.Arg.
Croton mimeticus S.Moore
Croton monachinoensis Jabl.
Croton subcoriaceus Jabl.
Croton surinamensis Müll.Arg.
Macrocroton cuneatus (Klotzsch) Klotzsch
Macrocroton surinamensis Klotzsch
Oxydectes cuneata (Klotzsch) Kuntze
Oxydectes martii (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
Oxydectes surinamensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
Common Name:
General Information
Croton cuneatus is a tree, usually growing 3 metres or more tall[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
434- Title
- Flora of Peru
- Publication
-
- Author
- Macbride. J.F.
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Year
- 1936
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
Range
S. America - western and northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas
Habitat
Not known
Properties
Cultivation Details
Most Croton species are relatively indifferent to their habitat and can grow on a wide range of soils in both disturbed and undisturbed vegetation[
310- Title
- Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://proseanet.org/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
].
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]. No further information is given, but some caution needs to be exercised here - the genus Croton is known for containing anti-nutritional compounds and some species are highly toxic[
K- Title
- Plants for a Future
- Author
- Ken Fern
- Description
- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
].
Medicinal
From Croton cuneatus, used for gastrointestinal problems and inflammation, its anti-inflammatory (Suárez et al., 2006) and antidiabetic (Torrico et al., 2007) properties were verified in experimental animals[
1896- Title
- Estudio fitoquímico de la corteza de Croton gossypiifolius colectada en Venezuela
- Publication
- Rev. Latinoamer. Quím. 41/3 pp 161-170, (2013)
- Author
- Suárez A.I. et al
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2013
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Likewise, the anti-inflammatory response of glutarimidic alkaloids extracted from it has been confirmed in in vitro studies[
1896- Title
- Estudio fitoquímico de la corteza de Croton gossypiifolius colectada en Venezuela
- Publication
- Rev. Latinoamer. Quím. 41/3 pp 161-170, (2013)
- Author
- Suárez A.I. et al
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2013
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
] (Mijares et al., 2012).
Other Uses
The wood is used locally for construction[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
