Croton

Croton may refer to:

In plants

• Croton (plant), a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae
• Crotoneae, a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae
• Codiaeum variegatum, a plant commonly called a "Croton"
• Hong Kong croton, (Croton hancei), an endemic species of croton to Hong Kong
• Croton oil (Crotonis Oleum), an oil prepared from the seeds of Croton tiglium
• False croton, a group of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae
• Hogwort, (Croton capitatus), also known as the woolly croton

In the United States

New York

• Croton Aqueduct, a water distribution system constructed for New York City
• Old Croton Trail, following the path of the Croton Aqueduct
• Croton Falls Reservoir, in Putnam County
• Croton Gorge Park, in Westchester County
• New Croton reservoir, in Westchester County
• New Croton Dam, the dam creating the above reservoir
• Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River
• Croton-on-Hudson, New York, a village in Westchester County
• Croton Point, a Westchester County park in the above village
• Croton Expressway, a freeway in Westchester County
• Croton–Harmon (Metro-North station), a railroad station in Westchester County
• Croton, Ohio, also known as Hartford

Elsewhere

• Croton Township, Michigan, in Newaygo County

In Europe

• Crotone, a city in Calabria, Italy
• Crotone Airport, an airport serving the above city
• F.C. Crotone, a football club based in the above city
• Province of Crotone, a province in the Calabria region of Italy
• Battle of Crotona, 204 BC

Other

• Crotonic acid, trans-2-butenoic acid,
• German cockroach, known as the Croton bug (Blattella germanica)
• Crotonaldehyde, or 2-butenal, an unsaturated aldehyde
• Croton, a watch company in the United States
• Croton, an architectural planning studio in Okinawa, Japan

See also

• Kroton (disambiguation)