Codiaeum variegatum
Croton, Garden Croton, Variegated Croton
Description
Crotons are evergreen plants of tropical origin, widely used in indoor ornamentals where they confer high decorative value with their large leathery leaves with obvious markings or stripes and different colour shades depending on the cultivar, from red, pink and orange to yellow and green. They require a warm and humid climate as well as a bright location but sheltered from direct sunlight during the hottest hours.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Codiaeum
- Species
- Codiaeum variegatum
Synonyms (4)
- Croton variegatus
- Crozophyla variegata
- Oxydectes variegata
- Phyllaurea variegata
