Porivatta / Ceylon Croton
Croton zeylanicus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- March-October
How to identify Porivatta
Identify Porivatta by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Porivatta.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Croton zeylanicus
- Genus
- Croton
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Margins of Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Porivatta 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 Porivatta itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- പൊരിവട്ട porivatta, പൊരിവട്ട
- Marathi
- पांढरी वनस्पती, पांढरी (वनस्पती)
About Porivatta
Ceylon Croton (Croton zeylanicus) is a shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 2 other states. It grows in margins of Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Porivatta belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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