croton

kroton

ihmepensas Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
A tropical evergreen shrub, (taxlink), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
1934, (w), (w), Chapter 15, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200051h.html

The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.