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Croton lobatus L.;
Herbaceous
weed, somewhat woody at the base; leaves alternate, simple, deeply
3-lobed, pubescent with a mixture of stellate and simple trichomes;
leaf lobes acuminate, margins toothed; inflorescence racemose,
from the upper nodes, pistillate flowers towards the base and
staminate flowers towards the apex, but sometimes mixed; staminate
flowers reddish; pistillate flowers green. (image at left photographed
at Hacienda Tabi.)
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Herbaceous
weed, somewhat woody at the base; leaves alternate, simple, deeply
3-lobed, pubescent with a mixture of stellate and simple trichomes;
leaf lobes acuminate, margins toothed; inflorescence racemose,
from the upper nodes, pistillate flowers towards the base and
staminate flowers towards the apex, but sometimes mixed; staminate
flowers reddish; pistillate flowers green. (image at left photographed
at Hacienda Tabi.)
