Euphorbiaceae
Cascarilla
Croton eluteria
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Croton
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Croton eluteriaEuphorbiaceae
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- قشر عنبر
- arz
- كروتون الوتريا
- Chinese
- 灌木巴豆
- English
- Cascarilla
- French
- Cascarille
- German
- Kaskarillabaum, Kaskarille
- Hungarian
- Kaszkarilla
- Japanese
- カスカリラノキ
- Russian
- Каскаролла, Кротон элютерия
- Spanish
- Carcanapire, Cascarilla, Chacarilla, Corteza eluteriana, Quina aromatica, Quina aromática
Synonyms
- Cascarilla officinalis Raf.
- Clutia cascarilla L.
- Clutia decandra Crantz
- Clutia eluteria L.
- Croton cascarilla (L.) L.
- Croton cascarilloides Geiseler
- Croton eluteria subsp. homolepidus (Müll.Arg.) Borhidi
- Croton homolepidus Müll.Arg.
- Croton lamarckianus Moldenke
- Croton rosmarinifolius Salisb.
- Oxydectes cascarilla (L.) Kuntze
- Oxydectes cascarillodes Kuntze
- Oxydectes cascarilloides Kuntze
- Oxydectes eluteria (L.) Kuntze
- Oxydectes homolepida (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.