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Codiaeum variegatum L.

Synonym: Croton variegatus L.

EUPHORBIACEAE

Local Names : കോഴിവാലൻ, Croton.

Flowering Period : July to January.

Distribution : Malesia to South West Pacific

Uses: Ornamental.

Exotic : Yes.

Monoecious Plants, well-branched shrub. Leaves alternate, variegated above. Inflorescence: staminate, lax, spicate to racemose; bracts 1-6 flowered. Perianth 5 + 5. Stamens 15-100. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled; ovule 1 per cell; styles 3, shortly connate at base. Fruit is a  Drupe, dehiscing into 3 bivalved cocci; seeds subglobose, smooth, marbled.