Plant Details

Accepted name:: Croton linearis Jacq. [Euphorbiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
jamaican rosemary	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
rock rose	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
rock rosemary	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
rose mary	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
rosemary	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
wild rosemary	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaves		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
leaves, roots		Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cascarilla linearis (Jacq.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 62 (1838).
Croton angustatus Urb. Symb. Antill. 3: 296 (1902).
Croton cascarilla var. linearis (Jacq.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 38 (1859).
Croton fergusonii Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 695 (1903).
Croton hippophaeoides A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 212 (1850).
Croton jaegerianus Müll.Arg. Flora 55: 7 (1872).
Croton kenskoffii Urb. Ark. Bot. 20A(15): 51 (1926).
Croton linearis var. dilatatus Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 385 (1908).
Croton linearis var. fergusonii (Small) D.B.Ward Phytologia 94: 471 (2012).
Croton linearis var. sagranus M.Gómez Ensayo Farmacofitologia Cub.: 29 (1889).
Croton nipensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 9: 196 (1924).
Croton picardae Urb. Symb. Antill. 3: 297 (1902).
Oxydectes linearis (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Croton linearis Jacq.	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Croton linearis Jacq. et Benn.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Croton linearis Jacquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
croton linearis Jacq.	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)

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