| Scientific Name: | Codiaeum variegatum var. pictum |
| Common Name: | croton |
| Family Name: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Yellow, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Dark-red, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tropical woody plant with milky vein sap; leaves alternate, linear to ovate, (2-)10-20(-30)cm long x (1-)3-10(-120)cm wide, leathery, white to green to dark purple, veins glossy yellow to red coloured (highly variable between cvs. and even the same plant can have many different coloured leaves). | |