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Croton texensis (common names Texas croton, goat weed, skunk weed, and doveweed), is a plant found in the United States.

Croton texensis
Male plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Croton
Species:	C. texensis
Binomial name
Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.

Uses

Among the Zuni people, a decoction of the plant is taken for "sick stomach", as a purgative, and as a diuretic.[1] An infusion is also taken for stomachaches, for syphilis, and for gonorrhea.[2] The fresh or dried root is chewed by a medicine man before sucking snakebite and a poultice is applied to the wound.[3] The whole plant can be placed under the mattress or burned to repel bedbugs.[4]

References

External links

Media related to Croton texensis at Wikimedia Commons

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