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In botany, Croton is a plantGreen algae land plants (embryophytes non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta liverworts Anthocerophyta hornworts Bryophyta mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta clubmosses Equisetophyta horsetails Pteridophyta "true" genus in the Euphorbiaceaesee text Ref: as of 2002-07-13 The Spurge family Euphorbiaceae is a large family of flowering plants with 335 genera and more than 7,500 species. Description Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and family. Of about 1,200 species in this genusSee genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. See genus (music) for the use of the term in music. In biology, a genus (plural genera is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically s, the best known member is Croton tiglium, known by the common name Croton, a treeThis article is about the biological organisms known as trees. For other meanings of the word see tree (disambiguation). oak tree in Denmark A tree can be defined as a large perennial woody plant. Though there is no set definition of size, it is generally or shrubThe word 'bush' re-directs here; for alternate uses see Bush (disambiguation A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m native to Southeast Asia. Croton oil, used in herbal medicine as a violent purgative, is extracted from its seedThis writeup is about biological seeds; for the Buddhist metaphor, see bija. A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. The importance of the seed relative to more primitive forms of reproduction and dispersal is attested to by the sus.
The common name Croton also refers to Codiaeum variegatum, a common houseplantA houseplant is a plant that one grows in a dwelling, such as a house or office. Houseplants may be herbs, but are usually decorative. List of Common Houseplants Tropical houseplants Arbicola Asparagus Fern Asparagus densiflora Bromeliads Chinese Evergree with large elliptical leaves that each range in color from green to red and yellow.