Croton argyratus Blume

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Croton argyratus Blume

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12872, Mar 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), at 750 feet along the trail to Napson.

  • Habitat

    good humus covered soil of deep forests.

  • Description

    Slender erect tree; stem terete, 5 inches thick, 20 feet high, branched above the middle; wood yellowish white, soft, light, odorless, slightly acrid; bark gray, covered with rough excrescences, badius except the epidermis; stem crooked; branches slender, ascending or spreading, the ultimate slender lax ones; leaves horizontally spreading, chartaceous, deep green on the upper shallowly folded surface, avellaneus beneath, tips recurved, the petiole and veins covered with cupreus scales or haris; inflorescence erect, termianal, occasionally branched from near the base, of the same color, pedicels and calyx yellowish green, stamens sulphur yellow;.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04272358

    Occurrence ID: 8b359682-e518-4c8e-8057-347d63e960c8

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Croton argyratus Blume

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • Locality

    Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), at 750 feet along the trail to Napson

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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12872, Croton argyratus BXm. Slender erect tree
In good humus covered «oil of deep forests at 750 feet
along* the trail to tfapsmn; stem terete. & inches thick,
SO feet high, branched above the middle; wood yellowish
white, soft, light, odorless, slightly acrid; bark gray,
covered with rough excrescences, bedlus except the
epidermis; at«» crooked; branches slender, ascending or
threading, the altlnate «lender lax ones; 1eaves horison-
tally spreading, chartaceous, deep green on the upper
ShallowV folded surface, avellaneus beneath, tips
rt*$?v«d, the petiole and veins covered with cuprous
scales or hairs; inf loreecence erect, terminal, occasion«
ally branched fro» near the base, of the same color,
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
PUERTO PRINCESA (MT. PULQAR), PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
ISLAND OF PALAWAN, MARCH, 1911
04272358