ANDEC78 Croton(?) sp.for identification

[Anurag Sharma]

Agumbe, Karnataka
26th December 2014

Male and female flowers clicked from two different plants that were part of the same colony in the same area.
Habit: Shrub

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

Most probably Croton zeylanicus.

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[Anurag Sharma]

Thank you very much sir.

Here is another photo:

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

The opposite leaves (sometimes), the stipitate basilaminar glands of leaves together with stellate hairs on the upper surface  and the lepidote scales on the inflorescenc axis and capsules are characteristic of Croton zeylanicus.

[Anurag Sharma]

Thank you for the description sir.

I was indeed able to recognize the plant in various other locations during the trip due to the lepidote scales you mentioned peeling away when touched.