Croton eluteria

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Croton

At a glance

Occurrence records43

Data sources5

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Croton eluteria's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility43 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS106 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF43 records

01Narrative

Croton eluteria est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Euphorbiaceae. C'est un arbuste ou un petit arbre de la famille des Euphorbiaceae originaire d'Amérique. Le nom scientifique de l'espèce vient de l'île d'Éleuthère, dans l'archipel des Bahamas. Elle est appelée cascarille, Bois doux, croton à cascarille, cascarille officinale, faux quinquina.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height12 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · TRY: Shrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition106 compounds

Compounds documented for Croton eluteria across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cooking

Compound class profile5 classes

Colensane and Clerodane diterpenoids16

Cadinane sesquiterpenoids9

Oxygenated hydrocarbons6

Menthane monoterpenoids6

Labdane diterpenoids5

Documented compounds106 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-1(10),4-Cadinadiene	present	LOTUS
(-)-3-Isothujone	present	LOTUS
(-)-alpha-Chamigrene	present	LOTUS
(-)-alpha-Curcumene	present	LOTUS
(-)-gamma-Cadinene	present	LOTUS
(1E,8E)-2,6,6,9-tetramethylcycloundeca-1,4,8-triene	present	LOTUS
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo(4.4.0.02,7)dec-3-ene	present	LOTUS
(1R,5R)-5-[(2S,5E)-2-hydroxy-6,10-dimethylundeca-5,9-dien-2-yl]-2-methylcyclohex-2-en-1-ol	present	LOTUS
(4R,4aS,7R,8S,8aS)-8-[2-(furan-3-yl)-2-oxoethyl]-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-3,4,5,6,7,8a-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-one	present	LOTUS
(S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-diene	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type43 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered42

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO148 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 9>10 km 3

12 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence42

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	22
Madison, US	9
Miami, US	2
Flagstaff, US	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Ann Arbor, US	1
Kew, GB	1
Mexico City, MX	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Saint Louis, US	1

10 institutions · 40 of 42 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

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