Hairy Croton
Croton hirtus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Hairy Croton
Identify Hairy Croton by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hairy Croton.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Croton hirtus
- Genus
- Croton
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wastelands
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- India, West Indies, Central and South America and Tropical Asia
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy Croton itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy Croton itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Hairy Croton
Hairy Croton (Croton hirtus) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 1 other states. It grows in wastelands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Hairy Croton belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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