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Croton chittagongensis
Croton chittagongensis is a small tree or shrub in the spurge family, native to south-eastern Bangladesh and rarely grown outside its native range. It is a wet-tropical species best kept warm and humid, and it is not a common garden or houseplant.
Croton chittagongensis is a species of shrub in the spurge family, native to Bangladesh. It was described by Nambiyath Puthansurayil Balakrishnan and Tapas Chakrabarty in 1983.
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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.
