Canary flora > Exotic and ornamental
Codiaeum variegatum
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss.
Croton, Garden Croton, Puding, Joseph's Coat
Shrub 2-5 m high, native to the region of Malaysia, Indonesia, the
Philippines and other neighbouring islands, widely cultivated in many
parts of the world for its beautiful, strikingly shaped, brightly
coloured leaves, where yellow-reds and greens mingle on the same plant
and even on the same leaf.
The stem branches out from the base into numerous branches covered with grey or greenish bark when young, with vertical fissures and prominent scars left by fallen leaves.
The stem branches out from the base into numerous branches covered with grey or greenish bark when young, with vertical fissures and prominent scars left by fallen leaves.
The leaves are large and elongated, up to 10-30 cm long and 2-8 cm wide.
Simple and alternate, leathery, shiny, elliptic to obovate, with acute
or acuminate apex, entire or lobed margins, and acute base.
Its small flowers are grouped in terminal or axillary inflorescences 8-30 cm long, with male and female flowers in separate inflorescences. The male flowers have a calyx with reddish reflexed sepals and a corolla with five white petals, while the female flowers are yellowish with no petals.
Although they are not very showy, and are usually hidden among the foliage, they are much visited by bees and other insects.
Its small flowers are grouped in terminal or axillary inflorescences 8-30 cm long, with male and female flowers in separate inflorescences. The male flowers have a calyx with reddish reflexed sepals and a corolla with five white petals, while the female flowers are yellowish with no petals.
Although they are not very showy, and are usually hidden among the foliage, they are much visited by bees and other insects.
The fruits are slightly globular capsules, 0.5-1 cm in diameter, green
at first and purple when ripe, when they open to disperse the three
seeds they contain inside.
It reproduces very easily by means of cuttings and cuttings, to which it is advisable to apply some kind of rooting agent and to keep them in a well-drained, well-drained substrate with a minimum but constant humidity.
It reproduces very easily by means of cuttings and cuttings, to which it is advisable to apply some kind of rooting agent and to keep them in a well-drained, well-drained substrate with a minimum but constant humidity.
