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Jatropha
Barbados nut
Botanical details
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Jatropha
- Genus description
Jatropha can be perennials or evergreen shrubs, often forming a stout, succulent caudex, with simple lobed or finely divided leaves and small flowers in summer, either solitary or in cymes
- Name status
Correct
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