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    Excoecaria cochinchinensis

    Common name: Laila Majnu plant, Chinese Croton, Jungle Fire plant
    Family: Euphorbiaceae
    Habit: Shrub
    Location: Botanical Garden
    Distribution: Chinese Croton is native to SE China to Peninsula Malaysia, Taiwan. It is widely cultivated
    as a garden plant for its beautiful leaves.

    Description:
    Chinese Croton is a subtropical evergreen open shrub that grows 3-5 feet tall with lance-shaped leaves that
    are 3-5 inches long and are shiny olive green above and glossy blood red below. The flowers are small and
    greenish so not showy. The male inflorescences measure 1-2 cm long; female ones 3 to 5 flowered, slightly
    shorter than the male. Male flower-stalks measure 1.5 mm long, sepals 3, lance-shaped 1.2 mm long,
    minutely toothed at the tip; stamens protruding the sepal-cup. The female flowers have strong flower-stalk
    1.5-2 mm long, bracts and bractlets as in male; sepals 3, slightly fused at the base, ovate, 1.8 mm long 1.2
    mm wide. Sap in the eyes is reported to causes blindness.

    Uses:
    Excoecaria cochinchinensis is cultivated as an ornamental tropical plant, greenhouse plant, or houseplant.
    A popular colorful cultivar is "Firestorm." As with many of the Euphorbiaceae, the sap is toxic and can
    cause skin eczema in some people. It is also toxic if eaten, though in small quantities, it has been used in
    herbal medicine to treat gastric ulcers. Though the plant is considered poisonous, it has beneficial uses as
    an antiparasitic, antipruritic, and hemostatic treatment.

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