粗糠柴(原变种) cu kang chai (yuan bian zhong)

Croton philippensis Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 206. 1786; Euonymus hypoleucus H. Léveillé; Rottlera aurantiaca Hooker & Arnott; R. tinctoria Roxburgh.

Branchlets and inflorescences yellow-brownish stellate-tomentose. Leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 5-20 × 3-6 cm, leathery, adaxially glaucescent, gray-yellow tomentulose, sparsely red glandular-scaly, margin subentire. Capsule crimson glandular scaly. Seeds subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jun-Aug.

Mountain slopes or valleys, forests; 300-1600 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; N Australia].