Plant Details

Accepted name:: Croton dioicus Cav. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
encinilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
grassland croton	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hierva del gato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rosval	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rubaldo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Astrogyne crotonoides Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 14 (1839).
Croton dioicus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 534 (1805), nom. illeg.
Croton dioicus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 222 (1894), nom. illeg.
Croton elaeagnifolius Vahl in E.F.Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 9 (1807).
Croton gracilis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 69 (1817).
Croton gracilis var. genuinus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 691 (1866), not validly publ.
Croton gracilis var. longiradiatus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 691 (1866).
Croton neomexicanus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 141 (1865).
Croton tomentosus Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 406 (1822), nom. illeg.
Oxydectes dioica (Cav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611 (1891).
Oxydectes gracilis (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611 (1891).
Oxydectes neomexicana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).
Penteca tomentosa Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 62 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Croton dioicus Cav.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Croton dioicus Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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