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Jatropha podagrica Hook.
Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4376 1848
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Flowering habit at Hilo Airport, Hawaii (USA). July 19, 2012.
Flowering habit at Hilo Airport, Hawaii (USA). July 19, 2012.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Jatropha podagrica Hook.
Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4376 1848

Cultivars (1):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: White Rhubarb, Bottle Plant Shrub, Gouty Foot, Petit Baobab, Tartogo nut, Bali Gout Plant, Podagrica, Physicnut, Goutystalk Nettlespurge, Guatemalan Rhubarb, Purging-nut, Gout plant, Gouty-stalked Jatropha, Australian Bottle Plant, Coral Plant, Gout Plant, Gout Stalk, Gout Stick, Bottleplant shrub, Buddha Belly Plant
CHINESE (中文): Fo du shu, 珊瑚油桐
FINNISH (Suomi): Pullukka, Pullukkajatropa
INDONESIAN (Bahasa Indonesia): Jarak Bali, Jarak
LITHUANIAN (Lietuvių): Vaistinis braivėlis
MALAY (بهاس ملاي /Bahasa Melayu ): Jatrofa buncit
SPANISH (Español): Ruibarbo, Pansona, Tartogo, Tinaja (Puerto Rico)
VIETNAMESE (Tiếng Việt): Sen lục bình, Ngô đồng cảnh, Dầu lai lá sen, Dầu lai có củ

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Jatropha podagrica group

  • Flowering habit at Hilo Airport, Hawaii (USA). July 19, 2012.Jatropha podagrica Hook.: is swollen and tuber-like (caudiciform) at the base, branches also swollen with lobed leaves on the tips. Flowers many, small, orange scarlet.
  • Jatropha podagrica cv. Yellow Flowers: (Jatropha podagrica sp. Tanzania) has bright yellow flowers instead of carmine-red.

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Jatropha podagrica Photo by: © Plantemania
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Jatropha podagrica — Growing habit, Paraguay. Photo by: Alexander Arzberger

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Flowers and fruit at Laulima Farm Kipahulu, Maui, Hawaii (USA). June 06, 2012. Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Flowers and leaves at KiHana Nursery Kihei, Maui, Hawaii (USA). February 15, 2011. Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Flowers and leaves at Hilo Airport, Hawaii (USA). July 19, 2012. Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Jatropha podagrica — Seedling. Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

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Jatropha podagrica — Flowering habit, Paraguay. Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
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Jatropha podagrica, new leaves. Photo by: © Plantemania

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Flowers and leaves at Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii (USA). August 06, 2009.
by Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Jatropha podagrica — Flowering habit, Paraguay.
by Alexander Arzberger

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