Jatropha podagrica Hook.

English: Bottleplant Shrub

German: Flaschenpflanze, Guatemalarhabarber

Mandarin: 佛肚树 (fo du shu)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malpighiales (120)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)

          Genus: Jatropha (11)

            Epithet: podagrica Hook. (1)

podagrica => with swollen foot

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, orange

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