Mazhar Botanic Garden

Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.

Chinese Croton

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000945
English name: Chinese Croton
Native: Soythern Indochina to Malaysia
Country: Indomalayan Vietnam

Evergreen shrub grow to  1-2 m tall leaves lanceolate, opposite arrangement, 7-10 cm long, green above, maroon beneath flowers small green, in axillary or terminal racemes     

Ornamental foliage, indoor plant, ground cover.

Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk) Zoll ex Hassk

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Texture: Clay Enriched soil Fertile Loam Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 4.5-5.5
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Evergreen Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Groundcover Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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