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Green native cascarilla | |
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At Eastwood, NSW | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus: | Croton |
Species: | C. verreauxii
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Binomial name | |
Croton verreauxii |
Croton verreauxii, known as the green native cascarilla, is a small tree or shrub growing in dry rainforest and rainforest margins in eastern Australia.
The range of natural distribution is from Kiama (34° S) in the Illawarra district of eastern New South Wales to Gympie (27° S) in southeastern Queensland. Alexander Floyd mentions a recording of this species at Darwin, Northern Territory.