Croton tiglium

Purging croton
	Croton tiglium
Scientific 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. (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 ;

Croton tiglium, known as purging croton, is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae.

Etymology

The

Maluku islands in Indonesia, ostensibly the home habitat of the species.^[3]

Traditional uses

Croton tiglium is one of the

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.^[4]^[5] The plant is poisonous, with the bark used as an arrow poison and the seeds used to poison fish.^[6]