Plant Details

Accepted name:: Croton laevigatus Vahl [Euphorbiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
purging croton	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
光叶巴豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
光叶巴豆树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oxydectes laevigata (Vahl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Croton laevigatus Vahl	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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