Jatropha curcas L.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By Mazowe River, between camp and weir, Hippo Pools
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Physic nut (English)
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Description:
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A ± glabrous shrub or small tree to 6(-8) m. Stems fleshy, copiously emitting a watery or ± milky sap when cut. Leaves long-petiolate; lamina broadly ovate in outline, usually shallowly 5-lobed, sometimes unlobed, ± glabrous, dark green; base cordate; margin usually entire, but sometimes remotely and shallowly toothed, 7-9-nerved from the base. Inflorescence ± corymb-like with a peduncle to ± 5 cm. Fruit ellipsoid,
scarcely 3-lobed, 2.5-3 cm long by 2 cm in diameter. |
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Native of tropical America, from Mexico and the West Indies to Chile |
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Tree.
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 458. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 42.
Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 259 - 260.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Jatropha curcas. https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135390, retrieved 2 July 2022
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