CHINESE CROTON

Excoecaria cochinchinensis

Reference No :

0220

Scientific Name :

Excoecaria cochinchinensis

Sinhala Name :

Tamil Name :

Other Common Names :

Blindness tree, Buta buta, Jungle fire plant, Firestorm

Synonyms :

Plant Family :

Euphorbiaceae

Plant Group :

Angiosperms (Enclosed Seed)

Crown Architecture :

Spreading Canopy
Hedge Canopy

Native Region(s) :

Southeast Asia;   China

Plant Distribution(s) :

India, Sri Lanka, South China, Taiwan, South Japan, Southeast Asian countries, Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia, the Pacific Islands

Elevation :

Above sea level up to 1,500 m

Average Height :

0.30 m - 2.00 m

Maximum Height :

15.00

Average Width :

0.30 m - 1.00m

Maximum Width :

2.00

Propogation(s) :

By Seeds;   By Cutting;   By Air Layering (Marcotting)

Indoor :

Yes

Medicinal Use :

Yes

Description :

Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance: Low

Leaves: Nearly 3-worled; stipules ovate, ca. 1 mm; petiole 3-13 mm, eglandular at apex; leaf blade narrowly elliptic or oblong, 6-14 × 2-4 cm, papery, glabrous, green adaxially, purple or dark red abaxially, or green or greenish abaxially when old, base attenuate, margin serrulate, apex long acuminate; midvein convex on both surfaces, lateral veins 8-12

Flowers: Ruby Necklace with multiple purple pink stems and long narrow bean-shaped leaves. Cluster / Inflorescence
Bloom Color: Green

Fruit: Less than 1 cm broad
Seed: Nearly globose, ca. 2.5 mm in diam. Fl. almost throughout year. 

Trunk (Bole): Woody stem 

Habitat: An understorey plant in forests and thickets

Habit: Evergreen Shrub

Foliage

Leaf Shape :

Elliptic Shape

Leaf Arrangement :

Opposite leaf arrangement

Flowering

Is Flowering :

Yes

Fruiting

Bears Fruits :

Yes

Maintenance

Soil Types :

Clay Soil;   Silt Soil;   Well Drained Soil

Water :

Medium/Moderate

Sunlight :

Full;   Semi Shade;   Low

Humidity :

High

Edibility

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