Broad Leaf Croton
C. macrostachyus
Observed blooming on a rocky slope on the Elgeyo Escarpment below Iten, Kenya. July 2014.
SHRUB or TREE: Wide range of growth forms. Even as a large shrub or small tree the plant can enter reproductive state. In a forest, for example at Kakamega, croton trees exceeding 25 m can be found.
FLOWERS: Small white flowers.
LEAVES: Leaves are broadly elyptic to nearly round. The base of the leaves are cordate, i.e. heart-shaped. Also, like many crotons the leaves change color to orange as they senesce.
RANGE: Widespread in Kenya.
FRUIT: The seed pods are spherical and again like all spurges, are three-parted.
UNARMED. Without thorns.