Common name
English: Coral plant
German: Korallenstrauch
Mandarin: 珊瑚花 (shan hu hua)
Portuguese: Flor-de-coral
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Malpighiales (98)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Jatropha (11)
Epithet: multifida L. (1)
Synonyms: Adenoropium multifidum (L.) Pohl, Adenoropium multifidum (L.) Pohl, Jatropha janipha Blanco, Manihot multifida (L.) Crantz
multifida => divided many times
multifidum => divided many times
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red, orange, yellow
External links
Check for Jatropha multifida at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1203] Jatropha - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1641] Jatropha multifida - Flora of China @ efloras.org
- [1768] Jatropha multifida - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)