Paracroton pendulus

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Paracroton pendulus
Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Paracroton
Species:
P. pendulus
Binomial name
Paracroton pendulus
Subspecies[2]
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. zeylanicus (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.
Synonyms[3]
  • Blumeodendron muelleri Kurz
  • Croton pendulus Hassk.
  • Fahrenheitia collina Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg.
  • Fahrenheitia pendula (Hassk.) Airy Shaw
  • Ostodes collina (Rchb. & Zoll. ex Müll.Arg.) Pax
  • Ostodes macrophylla (Müll.Arg.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Ostodes pendula (Hassk.) A.Meeuse
  • Ostodes serratocrenata Merr.
  • Paracroton pendulus subsp. pendulus
  • Trigonostemon macrophyllus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
  • Tritaxis macrophylla Müll.Arg.

Paracroton pendulus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, Sri Lanka, southern Myanmar, Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines.[2][1]

It is a canopy or subcanopy tree in tropical moist evergreen forests from 150 to 1800 meters elevation.[4]

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