Characteristics
Dicots
Jatropha curcas L.
NUTMEG PLANT; PHYSIC NUT; BARBADOS NUT
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The sap of the plant can be used to blow bubbles (Drury 1873: 268).
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
JATROPHA CURCAS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1006. 1753.
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"America calidiore", without data, Hort. Cliffort (no. 3), p. 445 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Radcliffe-Smith, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 172: 81. 1986.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Specimens and Distribution
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