Female flower; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Male flower; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Male flower, side view; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Fruit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Ripe fruit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Leaf margin; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Bark; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1908
Date of entry: 26.04.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Malpighiales (111)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Jatropha (11)
Epithet: mollissima (Pohl) Baill. (1)
Synonym: Adenoropium mollissimum Pohl
mollissima => softest, most tender
mollissimum => softest, most tender
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red, orange
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