Croton megalobotrysMüll.Arg.

large fever berry

WFO wfo-0000931663 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-06-09 / obs. 139715293
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138714692
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Alan Manson
fig. c Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55407017
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Alan Manson
fig. d Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54926834
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project
fig. e National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162650584
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. f Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116808619
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. g Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110671253
Croton megalobotrys, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. h Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191577240

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Croton megalobotrys is native: Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe BotswanaCaprivi StripMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Croton megalobotrys, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Caprivi Strip CPV
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Croton gubouga S.Moore
  • Oxydectes megalobotrys Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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