Trisul Croton plant: Description, Growing Tips & Uses

Trisul Croton plant

The Trisul Croton plant is one of the most dramatic. This is also known as Croton Variegatum Duck Foot, Codiaeum Variegatum Duck Foot. This is bushy, upright plant because of the vividly coloured foliage.Their green leaves turn into shades of yellow, red and purple depending on the variety. It produces tiny, green coloured fruit. This plant is ideal house plant in India,It can be grown indoor and outdoor both in the full sunlight.

Common name: Croton Norma, Trisul Croton

Botanical name: Codiaeum variegatum

Family : Euphorbiaceae

Life cycle: Perennial

Plant height : Upto 7 ft

Leaf Colour: Green

Flower Colour: White

Fruit colour: Green

Temperature: 15-35 degree c

Light: Full sun/ half sun

Soil: well-drained soil

Climate : Tropical, subtropical

Advantage: Easy to grow

Growing Tips:

Trisul croton plant likes full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial Shade.
This Should be kept in warm temperatures, with the minimum being approximately 60 degrees F.
Water the plants when the top of the soil is dry. On especially hot days, it may need water the twice a day.
Fertilize the plant every 2 weeks from early spring through summer with a balanced liquid fertilizer diluted by half.

Uses:

Croton is a plant. The oil from the seeds is used to make medicine. Croton seeds are also  treated as gallbladder problems, colic, blocked intestines, and malaria. Croton seeds are sometimes applied directly to the skin for muscle and joint pain (rheumatism), gout, nerve pain (neuralgia), and bronchitis.