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Purging Croton
Croton tiglium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Crotoneae
Genus:	Croton
Species:	C. tiglium
Binomial name
Croton tiglium L.[1] (1753)

Croton tiglium, known as Purging Croton, is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family.

Medicinal uses

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs of used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name bā dòu (Chinese: 巴豆).

Major known ingredients are: glyceryl crotonate, crotonic acid, crotonic resin, and the tumor-promoting phorbol esters phorbol formate, phorbol butyrate, and phorbol crotonate.

See also

• Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs

References

External links

• Croton tiglium List of Chemicals (Dr. Duke's Databases)
• Croton tiglium Purdue University

From Wikispecies

Croton tiglium

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales
Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Crotoneae
Genus: Croton
Species: Croton tiglium

Name

Croton tiglium L.

References

• Species Plantarum 2:1004. 1753
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. 12426

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