Variegated Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Assam & more
How to identify Variegated Croton
Identify Variegated Croton by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Brightly variegated ornamental foliage (garden croton).
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Variegated Croton.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Codiaeum variegatum
- Genus
- Codiaeum
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Mizoram, Odisha, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Tripura, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Rajasthan
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Variegated Croton itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Similarly to other euphorbs, the inflorescences are long racemes, 8–30 cm (3.1–11.8 in) long, with male and female flowers separated.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The inedible and toxic fruit (for most mammals) is a capsule measuring roughly 9 mm (0.35 in) in diameter, containing three seeds of 6 mm (0.24 in) diameter.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Variegated Croton itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Variegated Croton
Variegated Croton (Codiaeum variegatum) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and 18 other states.
Uses
Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Variegated Croton belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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