• Family : Euphorbiaceae
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Croton sparsiflorus Morong
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Croton bonplandianus Baill.
• Common name : Ban tulsi, Railway Weed
• Vernacular name : Kala Bhangra (Hindi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grows abundance on fallow fields, dry unused lands and along roadside
• Comments / notes : An introduced species; ready colonizer
• Flower, Fruit : June-September
• Distribution :
  • Haryana : Gurgaon district
• Native : S. Bolivia to Uruguay
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• World Distribution : Naturalized in paleotropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 315-316
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Croton bonplandianus. Downloaded on 7 December 2022.

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