Kuulakrotoni – Croton megalocarpus

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Growing form

Deciduous tree with a dense, spreading, flat crown

Size

Up to 35 m

Stem

Bark dark grey or pale brown in color

Leaf

Leaves alternate, petiole 1.5 - 11 cm lamina long and oval-shaped, green and minutely stellate-pubescent above, silvery scales flecked with brown beneath, usually with 2(-4) glands on the undersurface near the base or on the upper part of the petiole

Flower

Yellow-white. Male flowers: buds 4-5 mm in diameter; pedicels 3-10 mm long; petals 5, pale yellow; stamens c. 30. Female flowers: pedicels 4-10 mm, extending to 2 cm in fruit; petals 5; styles 3.

Fruit and seed

Fruit a nut that contains 3 seeds
Source: Pinkka e-learning: A Plants of Taita Hills - Exotic trees and shrubs CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Croton megalocarpus
Author
Hutch.
Vernacular names
  • kuulakrotoni (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009829
Taxon rank
Expert
  • Jouko Rikkinen
DNA barcode sequences
Croton megalocarpus
2 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
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