Croton argyratus Blume
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Filed As
Euphorbiaceae
Croton argyratus Blume -
Collector(s)
A. D. E. Elmer 12872, Mar 1911
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Location
Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), at 750 feet along the trail to Napson.
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Habitat
good humus covered soil of deep forests.
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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;.
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Specimen Notes
[Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04272358
Occurrence ID: 8b359682-e518-4c8e-8057-347d63e960c8
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Malpighiales
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Family
Euphorbiaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
Asia
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Country
Philippines
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State/Province
Palawan
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Locality
Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), at 750 feet along the trail to Napson
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ¥?' ? ? 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, margffi1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER PUERTO PRINCESA (MT. PULQAR), PROVINCE OF PALAWAN ISLAND OF PALAWAN, MARCH, 1911 04272358
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Croton argyratus Blume