Croton schiedeanus

Schltdl.

(Euphorbiaceae)

Chavarría, F., Espinoza, R., Masís, A., Guadamuz, A. and Perez, D. 1998. Croton schiedeanus (Euphorbiaceae) Species Page, June 23, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

I. Identification:

Shrub 4 m tall.

Flower:

The flowers are white, axillary.

Various views of the flower

 

 

 

Fruit:

Small fruit (0.8 cm long) and very verrucoso. Light brown when mature.

View of the infruitescence

 

 

Leaves:

Simple alternate, oblanceolate form and sinuate margins. Approximately 4-15 cm long.

 

Upper surface

 

Under surface

 

Upper surface in detail

 

Under surface in detail

 

Bark and wood:

Greyish color. It is common to see branches with galls.

 

Branch with characteristic galls

Whole plant architecture:

 

Whole plant architecture

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

 

 Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the El Hacha sector, along the road to the Guitarra area.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA. We would especially like to thank Nelson Zamora for the taxonomic identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie and Alexandra Kern for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited.