Herbarium JCB

Jatropha gossypifolia L.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Jatropha gossypifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
Common name : Bellyache Bush
Vernacular name : Chikka kadaharalu (Kan.)
Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 8, KFP 1500, KFP 12008
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
Native : Brazil
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bellary, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Udupi
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere