Taxon: Croton eluteria (L.) W. Wright

Common names:

• seaside balsam   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• cascarille   (Source: HerbSpices 2:215.) – French
  
• Kaskarillabaum   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• cascarilla   (Source: HerbSpices 2:215.) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (for liquors fide Bot J Linn Soc 2:313. 1987)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (used for flavoring tobacco fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (inferior substitute of quinine fide Use Pl WT Afr; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam) 414.
• Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr) 2:46.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 1989. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2) 150. [= C. "eleutheria" Sw.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. (L Euphorb)
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname) [= C. glabellus L.].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat) [= C. glabellus L.].
• Webster, G. L. 1993. A provisional synopsis of the sections of the genus Croton (Euphorbiaceae). Taxon 42:805. [mentions].
• van Ee, B. W. & P. E. Berry. 2009. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of Croton (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) on Jamaica including the description of Croton jamaicensis, a new species of section Eluteria. Syst. Bot. 34:138. [mentions as not occurring in Jamaica].
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

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Synonyms:

• (≡) Clutia eluteria L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Croton eluteria (L.) W. Wright:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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