Scientific Name :
Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
Synonym :
Jatropha jacquinii Baill.
Jatropha staphysagriifolia Mill.
Common Name : Black physic nut, Bellyache nut
Plant Family : Euphorbiaceae
Habit : Shrub
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : August to November
Flower Colour : Bronze red
Description : Height: 1 to 2 m
Stem: Brown,yellow juice
Leaves: Ovate, chordate, alternate, 7 to 12 cm, young leaves purplish brown later turns green, 3 to 5 lobed, leaves covered with glandular hairs
Flowers: Sepals 5, calyx greenish purple, petals 5, peduncle 5 to 8 cm,, styles 3, stigma bifid
Inflorescence: Cyathium
Fruit: Capsule, 3 lobed, 1 cm
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : CH
Distribution Range : Mexico to Tropical America.
Uses : Leaves have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and insecticidal properties
Cultivated in gardens
