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Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Codiaeae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae

Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae

Jatropha podagrica Hook.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Tartogo, Australian Bottle Plant
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Central America, Guatemala to Panama, naturalised world wide in tropics
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Shrub, to about 18 inches, stems swollen and knobby, with bristled scars; leaves orbicular-ovate, peltate, long-petioled, to 12 inches across, deeply 3-5 lobed with obtuse sinuses; cymes terminal, long-peduncled, pedicels red; flowers small, coral-red.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700232
  • Source: The Banana Tree
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1987
  • Bench: 1103 - 1100 - W Bench
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-29-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • SubFamily: Crotonoideae
  • Tribe: Jatropheae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society - 4 JAN 2006

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