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Croton tiglium

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Purging croton
Croton tiglium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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]

Croton tiglium, known as purging croton, is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae. C. tiglium is also called jamaal gota in India.

Traditional uses

Croton tiglium is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name bā dòu (Chinese: 巴豆)[citation needed]. C. tiglium is known as Japaala/ජාපාල or "Jayapala" in Sinhala and used in Sinhala traditional medical system of Sri Lanka and in Sanskrit. The seeds are called Jamālgoṭa in Hindi, Marathi, and Urdu, and are well-known for their toxicity (severe purgative effect). They are used to treat constipation after the seeds have undergone a traditional Ayurvedic detoxification process with cow's milk (Godugdha). This is referred to as Śodhana, a general term for detoxification.[3][4] The plant is poisonous with the bark used as an arrow poison and the seeds used to poison fish.[5]

Chemical constituents

Major known chemical constituents are crotonoleic acid,[4] glyceryl crotonate, crotonic acid [citation needed], crotonic resin, and various carcinogenic phorbol derivatives.

Croton tiglium – Autumn leaves. January 2020, Location: Nan Yao Yuan, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, SW China.
Croton tiglium  – Autumn leaves. January 2020, Location: Nan Yao Yuan, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, SW China.
Croton tiglium  – Stem with bark. January 2020, Location: Nan Yao Yuan, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, SW China.
Croton tiglium  – Stem with bark. January 2020, Location: Nan Yao Yuan, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, SW China.

References

  1. ^ "Croton tiglium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  2. ^ Croton tiglium, theplantlist.org
  3. ^ PMC4264303
  4. ^ a b N. R. Pillai (1999). "Gastro-intestinal effects of Croton tiglium in Experimental Animals". Ancient Science of Life. 18 (3&4): 205–209. PMC 3336487. PMID 22556892.
  5. ^ Croton tiglium Purdue University


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