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Jatropha multifida

(Guatemala Rhubarb)

Common Names

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Common Names in Chinese:

Xi Lie Shan Hu You Tong (Taiwan)

Common Names in English:

Coral Bush, Coral Plant, Coralbush, Coralplant, French Physicnut, Guatemala Rhubarb, Jatropha Tree, Physic Nut, Physic Nute, Spanish Physicnut

Common Names in French:

Médicinier, Médicinier Espagnol, Pignon D´inde, Plante Bouteille

Common Names in Japanese:

Yatorofa Muruchifida

Common Names in Portuguese:

Flor-De-Coral

Common Names in Russian:

Iatrofa Mul´tifida, Iatrofa Rassechennaia, Korallovoe Derevo

Common Names in Spanish:

árnica, árvore Coral, árvore De Bálsamo, árvore De Coral, árvore Dos Corais, Avellano Purgante, Cabalonga, Cabalongo, Ceibilla, Chayo Coral, Chicaquil, Coral Dos Jardins, Coral Vegetal, Dontomás, Emético Vegetal, Flor De Coral, Flor De Sangre, ManÁ, Nuez Vómica Cubana, Palo De Fraile, Piñón De España, Piñón Extranjero, Piñón Vómico, Tártago Chicaquil, Tártago Emético, Tártara, Tártaro, Yuca Cimarrona

Common Names in Thai:

Fin Ton, Ma Hung Daeng (Northern Thailand), Malako Farang (Bangkok)

Description

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Family Euphorbiaceae

The Euphorbiaceae are mostly monoecious herbs, shrubs , and trees , sometimes succulent and cactus-like, comprising one of the largest families of plants with about 300 genera and 7,500 species that are further characterized by the frequent occurrence of milky sap . The leaves are mostly alternate but may be opposite or whorled and they are simple , or compound , or sometimes highly reduced. Stipules are generally present but may be reduced to hairs , glands or spines. The flowers are unisexual and usually actinomorphic . They may be highly reduced by suppression of parts, in the extreme form consisting of a naked stamen as a male flower and a naked pistil as a female flower. A specialized type of miniature inflorescence called a cyathium occurs in about 1,500 species comprising the genera Euphorbia and Chamaesyce. The cyathium consists of a single naked pistillate flower surrounded by cymes of naked staminate flowers, each consisting of a single stamen. These flowers are all enclosed in a cup-like involucre that typically is provided with peripheral nectaries and petaloid appendages such that the whole aggregation closely resembles a single flower. In other members of the family the flowers and inflorescences are more ordinary in appearance , with male and female flowers typically bearing a 5-merous calyx and corolla of distinct segments, although the corolla is sometimes absent. In these forms the androecium most commonly consists of 5, 10 or sometimes numerous distinct or monadelphous stamens. The gynoecium of female flowers consists of a single compound pistil of typically 3 carpels, an equal number of styles or primary style branches, and a superior ovary with typically 3 locules, each bearing 1 or 2 collateral , axile-apical pendulous ovules. The fruit is usually a capsular schizocarp. -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Habit: Tree , Shrub

Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: red

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-8' tall.

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -242 meters (-794 feet).Standard Deviation = 606.070 based on 16 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Adenoropium multifidum (L.) Pohl
  2. Jatropha janipha Blanco
  3. Manihot multifida (L.) Crantz


Notes

Publishing author : Pohl Publication : Pl. Bras. Ic . i. 16

Name Status: Accepted Name .

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1006. 1753

Name verified on 08-May-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-May-1998

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Jatropha

There are approximately 292 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

J. acanthophylla · J. aceroides · J. aconitifolius · J. aethiopica · J. afrotuberosa · J. alamani · J. alamanii · J. andrieuxii · J. angustifolia · J. arborea · J. aspleniifolia · J. atacorensis · J. augusti · J. augustii · J. australis · J. bartlettii · J. baumii · J. berteri · J. bornmuelleri · J. bornmuelleri var. penicillata · J. botswanica · J. breviloba · J. briviloba · J. brockmanii · J. bullockii · J. campestris · J. capensis · J. cardiophylla (Limberbush) · J. carthagenensis · J. cathartica (Baseball Plant) · J. catingae · J. cercidiphylla · J. chacoana · J. chamelensis · J. chevalieri · J. ciliata · J. cinera · J. cinerea (Arizona Nettle-Spurge) · J. clavuligera · J. collina · J. confusa · J. contrerasii · J. conzattii · J. cordata · J. costaricensis (Costa Rican Jatropha) · J. crinita · J. crotolariaeformis · J. cuneata (Limberbush) · J. curcas (Barbados Nut) · J. curcus · J. cureas · J. dalechampiaeformis · J. decipiens · J. decumbens · J. dehganii · J. dessecta · J. deutziiflora · J. dhofarica · J. dichtar · J. dioica (Leatherstem) · J. dioica var. dioica (Leatherstem) · J. disecta · J. dissecta · J. divaricata · J. eglandulosa · J. elbae · J. ellenbeckii · J. elliptica · J. erythropoda · J. euarguta · J. excisa · J. fischeri · J. flavovirens · J. fremontioides · J. gallabatenis · J. gallabatensis · J. galvanii · J. gaumeri · J. giffordiana · J. glandulifera · J. glauca · J. globosa · J. gossipifolia · J. gossypifolia (Bellyache Bush) · J. gossypifolia var. elegans · J. gossypifolia var. heterophylla · J. gossypifolia var. intermedia · J. gossypifolia var. palmata · J. gossypiifolia (Bellyache Bush) · J. gossypiifolia var. elegans (Bellyache Bush) · J. gossypiifolia var. gossypiifolia (Bellyache Bush) · J. gossypiifolia var. heterophylla · J. grossidentata · J. guaranitica · J. hastifolia · J. hernandiaefolia · J. hernandiifolia (Wild Oilnut) · J. hernandiifolia var. hernandiifolia · J. hernandiifolia var. portoricensis · J. heynei

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-11-10