Jatropha podagrica Hook.

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Common names:	Australian bottle plant (English) White rhubarb (English)
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Description:	Glabrous eglandular shrub to 2 m; stem swollen at the base. Latex watery. Leaves long-petiolate, peltate; lamina 3-5-lobed, green above, paler beneath; lobes entire. Inflorescence a dense corymb. Petals scarlet. Fruit 3-lobed.
Notes:	Commonly cultivated as an ornamental in Zimbabwe but there are no records of it as a naturalized escape.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to C America; widely cultivated in the tropics.
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Content last updated:	Saturday 24 May 2008
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Other sources of information about Jatropha podagrica:

African Plant Database: Jatropha podagrica
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Jatropha podagrica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Jatropha podagrica
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Jatropha podagrica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Jatropha podagrica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Jatropha podagrica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Jatropha podagrica
JSTOR Plant Science: Jatropha podagrica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Jatropha podagrica
Tropicos: Jatropha podagrica
West African Plants database: Jatropha podagrica