croton tiglium major known chemical constituents are crotonoleic acid, glyceryl crotonate, crotonic acid[citation needed], crotonic resin, and various carcinogenic phorbol derivatives. Cronton tiglium seeds have a purgative effect.The plant is poisonous with the bark used as an arrow poison and the seeds used to poison fish. Native to tropical Asia from India to New Guinea and Java, north into Indonesia and China. Wild throughout the Philippine Islands, where it is also cultivated to a limited extent; often becoming naturalized after cultivation. Grown in southern California and elsewhere as an ornamental and curious plant. Plants begin bearing seed in 3 years after planting, and are
