Croton ovalifolius Vahl

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PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
No. 11968
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE
Croton ovalifolius Vahl
det. M.J. Huft 1983
Estado Sucre: Peninsula de Araya,
20 km northwest of Cariaco by air;
2 km west of corner where road from
Cariaco to Chacopata meets ocean; low
forest; 10o38'n, 63°U0'W; 0-100m.alt.
20cm shrub. Flowers white. Fruit green.
R. Liesner and A. Gonzalez 17-18 May 198l
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto
Botánico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States) and
CONICIT (Venezuela).
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