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Croton sylvaticus
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Croton sylvaticus is a tree in the family Euphorbiaceae.[2][3] It is commonly known as the forest fever-berry. These trees are distributed in forests from the east coast of South Africa to Tropical Africa. It grows 7–13 metres (23–43 ft) in height, occasionally up to 30 metres (100 ft), in moist forests, thickets and forest edges at altitudes of 350–1,800 metres (1,100–5,900 ft).
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Flowers and fruit
Greenish cream flowers, up to 3 millimetres (15⁄128 in) long (all male or female or mixed flowers), in racemes, 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) long. Fruit, light green when young, turning to orange or red, trilobed, oval in shape, hairy.
Uses
Used as a general timber, for poles, posts and as a fuel.
Phytochemistry
Mwangi et al 1998 find β-caryophyllene oxide, α-humulene-1,2-epoxide, hardwickiic acid, β-sitosterol and stigmasterol in the extracts.[4][5][6] This contrasts with Sadgrove et al 2019 who find almost entirely bicyclogermacrene in the essential oil.[6]
Traditional medicine
Sap from leaves is used for healing cuts, bark is used in the treatment of malaria, a decoction from the bark of the roots is taken orally as a remedy for tuberculosis, an infusion of the leaves acts as a purgative.[7]
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Tree
Leaves
Foliated sprigs
Crown
Young stem
Flower buds on inflorescence
Flower
Fruit
Fruit
Seeds
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References
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