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Jatropha villosa
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Jatropha villosa Wight, Ic. t. 1159. 1846; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 286. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 293. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 227. 2007.
Jatropha wightiana Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 1080. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 383. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1340(937). 1925.
Jatropha peltata Wight, Ic. t. 1169. 1848.
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Description:
Undershrubs, white tomentose. Leaves to 10 x 11 cm, broadly ovate, orbicular, lobes shallow, linear, basally 3-5 nerved, puberulus above, densely white tomentose below. Cymes terminal, to 5 cm; bracts 3 mm, linear, pubescent; calyx tube 1 mm, lobes 5 mm, oblong, imbricate, pubescent; corolla tube 4 mm, lobes 5 mm, oblong, pubescent; stamens 7-8, filaments connate, 3 mm, branched above, anthers 2 mm, oblong; disc of 5 glands, 0.5 mm, oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chengamperu, Kuchimudi
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