A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Codiaeum variegatum
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3 m tall and has large, thick, leathery, shiny evergreen leaves, alternately arranged, 5–30 cm long and 0.5–8 cm broad. The inflorescences are long racemes 8–30 cm long, with male and female flowers on separate inflorescences; the male flowers are white with five small petals and 20–30 stamens, the female flowers yellowish, with no petals. The fruit is a capsule 9 mm diameter, containing three 6 mm seeds. The stems contain milky sap that bleeds from cut stems
open forests and scrub. In colder climates, the plants are grown in greenhouses or as house plant. Native to southern India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands
should not be confused with Croton, a cosmopolitan genus also in the Euphorbiaceae
Once again, this is, as bayucca suggests, a Croton which come in so many forms and color variations it will blow your mind. this is also an excellent ornamental for Southeast Florida