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Manihot gossypiifolia (L.) Crantz
Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766)
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
Sp. Pl. 1006 (1753) L.

Manihot gossypiifolia (Jatropha gossypiifolia) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Leaves at Kahului, Maui, Hawaii (USA). October 28, 2009.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
Sp. Pl. 1006 (1753)
Synonymy: 11 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Jatropha gossypiifolia var. jamaicensis Dehgan & Almira
Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 110: 53 (2012)

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Jatropha gossypiifolia var. staphysagriifolia (Mill.) Müll.Arg.
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 1087 (1866)
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Red fig-nut flower, Wild Physicnut, Cotton-leaved Physic-nut, Wild Cassava, Bellyache bush, Black physicnut, Purging nut, Cotton-leaf physic nut, Cotton-leaf jatropha, Cotton leaf physic nut, Black physic nut, American purging nut
ARABIC ( لعربية ): جتروفا قطنية الأوراق
BENGALI (বাংলা): Erenda, Laljeol, Lal Bheranda, Erenda, Laljeol, Lal Bheranda
CZECH (Čeština): Dávivec bavlníkolistý
FRENCH (Français): Manioc à feuilles de cotonier
HAITIAN CREOLE (Kreyòl ayisyen): Barachen
MALAYALAM (മലയാളം): ചുവന്ന കടലാവണക്ക്


21178 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Leaves and stems with glandlike structures at Kahului, Maui, Hawaii (USA). October 28, 2009. (Jatropha gossypiifolia) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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