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Jatropha

Barbados nut

Other common names
coral plant
gout plant
see morejicamilla
peregrina
physic nut
tartogo
Botanical details
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Native to the UK
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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