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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Jatropha integerrima - Jacq.
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Common Name
Peregeima, Spicy jatropha, Fiddlehead jatropha
Habit
Shrub
Synonym
Jatropha pandurifolia Andr.
Habitat
Planted
Color Of Flower
Red
Key Characters
Petioles eglandular, stipules minute or absent, leaves fiddle shaped; petals pink or crimson red.
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Monochlamydae
 
Series :
Unisexuales
 
Order :
Plant Description

Shrub, erect, branched 1-2 m high; leaves alternate, fiddle-shaped or panduriform, abruptly acuminate at apex, distantly dentate below; flowers in long pedunculate, corymbpose cymes, bright crimson; male flowers numerous, females few; male perianth crimsom, obovate, large; stamens 10, in 2 series, 5 short and 5 long, inner whorl more or less connate; female perianth as that of males; ovary 3-lobed, styles-3, slender, free; capsules globose or 3-angled, grooved.

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