Euphorbiaceae
Hong Kong croton
Croton hancei
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Croton
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- كروتون هانسى
- Cantonese
- 香港巴豆
- Chinese
- 香港巴豆
- English
- Hong Kong croton
Synonyms
- Oxydectes hancei Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Tequila 01:38, 17 July 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tequila 01:34, 17 July 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Hong Kong croton: 香港巴豆 Croton hancei [香港城門郊野公園 Shing Mun Country Park, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B7%B4%E8%B1%86_Croton_hancei_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9F%8E%E9%96%80%E9%83%8A%E9%87%8E%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Shing_Mun_Country_Park%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289240279132%29.jpg/500px-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B7%B4%E8%B1%86_Croton_hancei_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9F%8E%E9%96%80%E9%83%8A%E9%87%8E%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Shing_Mun_Country_Park%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289240279132%29.jpg)
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Photo: no rights reserved, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Hong Kong croton: 香港巴豆 Croton hancei [香港城門郊野公園 Shing Mun Country Park, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B7%B4%E8%B1%86_Croton_hancei_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9F%8E%E9%96%80%E9%83%8A%E9%87%8E%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Shing_Mun_Country_Park%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289240279132%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B7%B4%E8%B1%86_Croton_hancei_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9F%8E%E9%96%80%E9%83%8A%E9%87%8E%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Shing_Mun_Country_Park%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289240279132%29.jpg)
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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). About our plant data.