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Revision as of 10:56, 20 August 2014

Codiaeum variegatum Petra

This croton was hybridized by Azienda Gloreal Diem (AFD) Nursery in Italy. It was developed from a cross of Fournieri and Norma and was named after the AFD nursery manager's daughter. Introduced in the U.S. by Kraft Nursery in Boca Raton.


REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.111, Davis #2 p.14 is also believed to be Petra.