🌿 Botanical Name
Codiaeum variegatum
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Euphorbiaceae.
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Croton, Kozhivalan.
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
September – November.
🌍 Distribution
Native to Pacific islands.
💡 Status
Least Concern.

Description: Large shrub. Leaves simple, alternate, very variable, ovate-lanceolate to linear, marked with white, yellow or red, entire or variously lobed, margins crisped or whole leaf spirally twisted. Flowers unisexual, in racemes.

Uses: Many varieties of this species are grown in gardens