4433.000 Jatropha L.

Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York

Description of the genus

Monoecious (rarely dioecious) trees, shrubs or herbs. Indumentum simple and/or glandular. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, generally palmately lobed. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cymose, often in the form of a corymb. Male flowers: calyx usually with 5 imbricate lobes; petals 5; stamens 8 in 2 whorls of 5 and 3; pistillode 0. Female flowers: calyx and petals as for male; stigmas 3, usually 2-fid. Fruit usually splitting into 3 2-valved cocci, rarely indehiscent.

Worldwide: 175 species in tropical and warm regions

Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
curcas L.	Description, Image
gossypiifolia L. var. elegans (Pohl) Müll. Arg.	Description, Image
integerrima Jacq.	Description, Image
multifida L.	Description, Image
podagrica Hook.	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Jatropha
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Flora of Mozambique: Jatropha
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Jatropha
Flora of Zambia: Jatropha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Jatropha

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jatropha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Jatropha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Jatropha
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iNaturalist: Jatropha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Jatropha
JSTOR Plant Science: Jatropha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Jatropha
Plants of the World Online: Jatropha
Tropicos: Jatropha
Wikipedia: Jatropha