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Jatropha gossypiifolia - Flower and unripe fruits - Click to enlarge!

Flower and unripe fruits; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Jatropha gossypiifolia - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Jatropha gossypiifolia - Young shoot - Click to enlarge!

Young shoot; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Jatropha gossypiifolia - Leaf - Click to enlarge!

Leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Jatropha gossypiifolia - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Jatropha gossypiifolia - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Jatropha gossypiifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Internal reference: 385
Date of entry: 31.07.2006
Last update: 18.07.2014

Common name

English: Bellyache Bush

Portuguese: Pinhão Roxo

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2512)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2411)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2042)

      Order: Malpighiales (94)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (77) (family description)

          Genus: Jatropha (11)

           Epithet: gossypiifolia L. (1)

gossypiifolia => cotton leaved

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: purple, red

External links

Check for Jatropha gossypiifolia at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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