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Croton adenophorus

Croton adenophorus is a shrub or small tree from northern and northwestern Madagascar and Mayotte, a member of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Little is documented about its cultivation, so care advice is extrapolated from wet tropical conditions.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top layer of soil begins to dry, and keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & NW. Madagascar (Nosi Bé I.), Mayotte
Climate
wet tropical

About

Croton adenophorus, synonym Croton subaemulans, is a species of plant of the genus Croton and the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the Comoros and Madagascar.

Other Croton plants

Texabama Croton · Alabama croton · Healing croton · Croton aromaticus · Croton barahonensis · California croton · Hogwort · Croton chilensis · Chittagong Croton · Mexican croton · Cortez's croton · Cascarilla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Croton adenophorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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