Accession Data

Croton congestus

Common Name: Shiny Xylosma

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Synonym(s): Xylosma congesta (Lour.) Merr.

Country of Origin: China

Description: Dioecious, evergreen shrub or small tree to 15 feet, with sharp, slender, axillary thorns; leaves ovate-acuminate, to 3.5 inches long, serrate, shining above, petioles slender, to .25 inches long; berry black, globose, to 3/16 inch in diameter.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8a-9b

Accession #: 198500587

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1216

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Malpighiales

Family: Euphorbiaceae

SubFamily: Crotonoideae

Tribe: Crotoneae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 02 October, 2019.
  2. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976.
  3. Flora of China as Xylosma congesta. Last accessed on Wednesday, 02 October, 2019.

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