silver croton | |
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Mallanganee National Park, NSW | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus: | Croton |
Species: | C. insularis
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Binomial name | |
Croton insularis |
Croton insularis, the silver croton, is a small tree in the spurge family. Growing in dry rainforest and rainforest margins in eastern Australia, north from the Blue Mountains. [1] It is also found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Other common names include white croton, cascarilla, native cascarilla and Queensland cascarilla. [2]