VOLUTUM
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Codiaeum variegatum Volutum
The original name of this croton was VOLUTUM but it is now better known as Ram's Horn.
REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.66 as Volutum.
Short leaves, very much re-curved, veins & midrib yellow.
REF: Reasoner's Tropical Nurseries inc, croton listing. Group II, Standard better Varieties, p.3.
Type K, (very much recurved), 2" x 5", - Deep green ground with bright yellow midrib and veins. Some leaves heavily overlaid yellow.
REF: Paper prepared by Wm. A. Geiger in collaboration with Mr. Christian of the Christian Nursery, Mr. Van der Lean and Mr. George L. Peacock. p.15.