| Lavender fever berry | |
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| Dormant flower buds (above) and the pattern of scales on the leaf undersides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Croton |
| Species: | C. gratissimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Croton gratissimus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Croton gratissimus (commonly known as lavender croton or lavender fever berry[2]), is a tropical African shrub or small tree with corky bark, growing to 8 m and belonging to the family of Euphorbiaceae or spurges. Young twigs are slender and angular and covered in silver and rust-coloured scales.
The species occurs in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the northern parts of South Africa.[3] It is often found in rocky terrain.
- ^ a b "Croton gratissimus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
plantzwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Croton gratissimus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.