Croton macrostachyus is a species of flowering plant native to the mountains of Sub-Saharan Africa.

[3] Croton macrostachyus is a food plant for the butterfly Charaxes candiope[4] and the moths Nudaurelia gueinzii and Stomphastis heringi.

[5] Croton macrostachyus has a wide range of uses, including timber, agroforestry, medicine, and as an ornamental plant.

[3] The plant is fast-growing and drought-tolerant, and is used in reforestation projects, for erosion control, and as a shade tree in coffee plantations.

Juice from crushed leaves is used as an anthelmintic, applied to wounds to hasten clotting, and used to treat sores, warts, ringworm, and itchy scalp.