Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
croton lechleri latex	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dragon's blood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dragon's blood croton	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dragon's-blood croton	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dragon’s blood	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dragon’s blood croton	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sangre de drago	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sangre de dragon	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sangre de dragón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sangre de grado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sangre-de-drago	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
umun	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
uruch numi	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Latex		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Latex		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
latex		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
latex		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Croton draco var. cordatus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 90 (1865).
Oxydectes lechleri (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Croton lechleri Muell.arg.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Croton lechleri Mull.Arg.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Croton lechleri Müll. Arg.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Croton lechleri Müll.Arg.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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