• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (SPURGE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
• Species : Jatropha gossypiifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
• Common name : Bellyache Bush
• Vernacular name : Veranda, Bherenda (Hin.); Chikka kadaharalu (Kan.); Aatalai (Tam.); Nela-amida, Nepalam, Verriamudam, Seema nepalamu, Nela amudam, Bodandha (Tel.); Johaji, Baigoba, Nonkakalo, Baigawa (Ori.)
• Key identification features : A large shrub with yellow juice, glandular hairs. Leaves are large, simple, alternate and lobed. Flowers are in terminal clusters, male and female on the same plant. Fruit is three lobed, breaking into one-seeded bits.
• Habit : Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Native : New World tropics
• Comments : Often on plains to 1000 m. Seen in wastelands, along ponds, and also in road cuttings of dry places. Naturalized.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Introduced in tropics
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Jatropha gossypiifolia. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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