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Jatropha multifida
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Jatropha multifida L., Sp. Pl. 1006. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 383. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1340(937). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 368. 1984; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 226. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 653. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 756. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Churakkalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Coral plant, Physic nut, Small physic nut
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves alternate, orbicular, 7.5-12.5 cm wide, palmately divided into 5-11 lobes; lobes lanceolate-acute or elliptic-acute, long-petioled. Flowers coral red, borne on many-flowered, long-pedunculate, flat-topped terminal cymes. Fruit(capsule) 3-lobed, about 2.5 cm long, obovate, smooth, yellowish when ripe.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown in gardens
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Distribution:
Tropical and Subtropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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