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Croton macrostachyus
Also called Mulugu, Mutundu
Croton macrostachyus is a species of flowering plant native to the mountains of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Croton macrostachyus ranges across the mountains of Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Guinea Highlands of Guinea, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire, the Cameroon Highlands of Cameroon and Nigeria, the highlands of central Angola, and the mountains of eastern Africa from the Ethiopian Highlands through the mountains of the Eastern Rift, Albertine Rift, and Southern Rift to Mount Tumbine in Mozambique and the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe.
Croton macrostachyus has a wide range of uses, including timber, agroforestry, medicine, and as an ornamental plant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Croton macrostachyus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
