Chinese Croton
Excoecaria cochinchinensis
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya & more
How to identify Chinese Croton
Identify Chinese 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: Leaves with red undersides, ornamental hedge.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In India, compare location records such as Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chinese Croton.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Excoecaria cochinchinensis
- Genus
- Excoecaria
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Its leaves are opposite, their texture shiny and papery, the upper surface dark green or variegated and the underside a deep maroon.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chinese 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 Chinese Croton itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Chinese Croton
Chinese Croton (Excoecaria cochinchinensis) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya and 1 other states.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Chinese Croton belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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