Croton Oil

**Definition:** Viscous, nauseating oil obtained from the shrub Croton tiglium (Euphorbaceae). It is a vesicant and skin irritant used as pharmacologic standard for skin inflammation and allergy and causes skin cancer. It was formerly used as an emetic and cathartic with frequent mortality.

**Tree numbers:** - D10.212.507.375 - D10.627.700.315 - D20.215.784.750.315