Jatropha multifida
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Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus
Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus
Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus
Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus
Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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| Status: | Cultivated and sometimes naturalised |
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Glabrous eglandular shrub to 2 m, with milky latex. Leaves long-petiolate, not peltate, deeply palmately 10-12-lobed, the lobes narrow and irregularly lobed, arising from a cordate basal disk. Inflorescence corymbose, borne on a long peduncle. Flowers coral-red; female with larger petals. Fruit 3-lobed to pear-shaped. |
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| Notes: | an illustration |
| Derivation of specific name: | multifida: much divided |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native of tropical America from Mexico and Paraguay |
| FZ divisions: | C,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | E,Lk |
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| Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 109. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 261. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Jatropha multifida
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Jatropha multifida
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Jatropha multifida
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jatropha multifidaAfrican Plant Database: Jatropha multifida
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Jatropha multifida
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