Bright coloration of the leaves and the wide range of shapes it to them tower over most other plants, but it can carry as much joy and so much disappointment. Only the type seen Kodieum variagatum piktum (C. variagatum pictum) in all its diversity. Trunk of gentleness with time becomes woody, the leaves are tough and seemingly impregnable, but only few can not be pleased him, and he is ready to literally an hour to izroni all its leaves, which unfortunately does not grow new.
Krotonat, which grows as the natural flora in Polynesia, Ceylon and India is the undisputed favorite ROOM as a plant and why.

Lovely looking plant in the shop or garden center, but before you buy it you should make sure that it can meet its specific requirements.
The main variety is Codiaeum variegatum pictum, but lately there are many varieties with different leaf shape and color. Most have oval leaves, but there are also a fork-like leaves, such as comb, twisted or rotated. Recognition of the variety is not easy because the color of the leaves vary from yellow to red in different periods of plant growth.