Paracroton

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Paracroton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Crotoneae
Genus: Paracroton
Miq.
Species

Paracroton pendulus
et al.

Paracroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising 3 or 4 species found from Sri Lanka to Myanmar and Malaysia to the Philippines. These are trees exuding a red sap.

[edit] Synonymy

This genus was previously known as:

  • Desmostemon Thwaites, and
  • Fahrenheitia Rchb. f. & Zoll. ex Müll. Arg.
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