Croton tiglium

Purging Croton
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	Croton tiglium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Crotoneae
Genus:	Croton
Species:	C. tiglium
Binomial name
	Croton tiglium; L. (1753)
Synonyms
	Croton acutus Thunb.; Croton arboreus Shecut; Croton birmanicus Müll.Arg.; Croton camaza Perr.; Croton himalaicus D.G.Long; Croton jamalgota Buch.-Ham.; Croton muricatus Blanco [Illegitimate]; Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston [Illegitimate]; Croton pavana Buch.-Ham.; Croton tiglium var. tiglium; Halecus verus Raf.; Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf.; Oxydectes birmanica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Oxydectes blancoana Kuntze; Oxydectes pavana (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze; Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze; Tiglium officinale Klotzsch ;

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Croton tiglium, known as Purging Croton, is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family. C. tiglium is also called Jamaal Gota in Hindi and Urdu.

Traditional uses

C. tiglium is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name bā dòu (Chinese: 巴豆). C. tiglium is known as Japaala/ජාපාල or "Jayapala" in Sinhala and used in Sinhala traditional medical system of Sri Lanka.and in sanskrit also . Seeds have a purgative effect.^[3]^{[unreliable medical source?]} The plant is poisonous with the bark used as an arrow poison and the seeds used to poison fish.^[4]

Chemical constituents

Major known chemical constituents are crotonoleic acid,^[3] glyceryl crotonate, crotonic acid^{[citation needed]}, crotonic resin, and various carcinogenic phorbol derivatives.

References

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External links

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

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Purging Croton
File:Croton tiglium - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-197.jpg
Croton tiglium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Crotoneae
Genus:	Croton
Species:	C. tiglium
Binomial name
*Croton tiglium* L.^[1] (1753)
Synonyms
Croton acutus Thunb. Croton arboreus Shecut Croton birmanicus Müll.Arg. Croton camaza Perr. Croton himalaicus D.G.Long Croton jamalgota Buch.-Ham. Croton muricatus Blanco [Illegitimate] Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston [Illegitimate] Croton pavana Buch.-Ham. Croton tiglium var. tiglium Halecus verus Raf. Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf. Oxydectes birmanica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Oxydectes blancoana Kuntze Oxydectes pavana (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze Tiglium officinale Klotzsch ^[2]