Euphorbiaceae
Purging croton
Croton tiglium
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Croton
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- حب الملوك, حب السلاطين, خروع سيني, كروتون مسهل
- arz
- كروتون مسهل
- Azerbaijani
- İşlədici kroton
- bjn
- Kamandrah
- Burmese
- ကနခို
- Cantonese
- 四川巴豆
- Chinese
- 巴豆, 刚子, 双眼龙, 大叶双眼龙, 巴仁, 巴菽, 巴豆一种, 巴豆叶
- Czech
- Kroton počistivý
- English
- Purging croton
- Indonesian
- Kemalakian
- Italian
- Crotontiglio
- Japanese
- ハズ, クロトン・ティグリウム, 巴豆
- Kannada
- ಜಾಪಾಳ
- Korean
- 파두
- ks
- جمال گوٹہٕ
- lah
- جمال گوٹا
- lzh
- 巴豆
- Malay
- Cemekian, چمکيان, Cemengkian, Cengkian
- Malayalam
- നീർ വാളം, നീർവാളം, വാളം
- Persian
- ماهوبدانه
- Punjabi
- ਜਮਾਲਘੋਟਾ
- Russian
- Кротон слабительный
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇႁွတ်ႈ
- Sinhala
- ජාපාල
- Spanish
- Crotoncillo
- Thai
- สลอด
- Vietnamese
- Ba đậu, Cây ba đậu
Synonyms
- Alchornea vaniotii H.Lév.
- Croton acutus Thunb.
- Croton arboreus Shecut
- Croton birmanicus Müll.Arg.
- Croton camaza Perr.
- Croton himalaicus D.G.Long
- Croton jamalgota Buch.-Ham.
- Croton muricatus Blanco
- Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston
- Croton pavana Buch.-Ham.
- Croton tiglium var. globosus J.J.Sm.
- Croton tiglium var. tiglium
- Croton tiglium var. xiaopadou Y.T.Chang & S.Z.Huang
- Croton xiaopadou Y.T.Chang & S.Z.Huang ex H.S.Kiu
- Halecus verus Raf.
- Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf.
- Oxydectes birmanica Kuntze
- Oxydectes blancoana Kuntze
- Oxydectes pavana (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze
- Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze
- Tiglium officinale Klotzsch
Photos
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alialb, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.