Scientific Name :
Jatropha podagrica Hook.
Synonym :
Common Name : Australian bottle plant, Buddha belly plant, Coral plant
Plant Family : Euphorbiaceae
Habit : Shrub
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : August to October
Flower Colour : Orange
Description : Height: Upto 3 m
Stem: Brown, succulent, swollen at base, milky sap
Leaves: Peltate, 3 to 5 lobed
Flowers: Unisexuals, sepals 5 lobed, petals 5 orange red, filaments red 6 to 8, ovary large green, style short
Inflorescence: Cyathium
Fruits: Capsule
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : VT
Distribution Range : S. Mexico to Nicaragua.
Uses : It is an attractive ornamental plant
Used as tonic, purgative, laxative, and used to treat intestinal worms, snakebite.
Also used in dye making, soap making, lamp lighting, as fertiliser, biofuel
