Scientific Name : Jatropha integerrima Jacq.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A tall shrub, branches green-brown with prominent lenticels. Leaves : Alternate, stipulate, panduriform or fiddle-shaped, cordate at base, where there are 3-4 glandular teeth on each side, smooth, dark green above, pale or purplish tinged below. Inflorescence : Terminal corymbose cymes. Flowers : Monoecious or dioecious, pink. Male flowers calyx small, cup shaped, imbricate, 5-lobed, purplish-red, petals 5, scarlet or pink, obovate, twisted, stamens 8-10, monadelphous, red, 4-5 short, anthers reddish-yellow, hastate, disk 5-lobed. Female flowers sepals and petals same as male flowers, ovary 3-celled, styles 3, bifid, recurved. Fruits : Capsule purplish-green in colour, seeds 3. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September-December Significance : Cultivated in gardens everywhere.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
पेरेग्रीना, Peregrina, Spicy Jatropha
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Synonym(s):
Adenoropium integerrimum (Jacq.) Pohl Jatropha coccinea Link
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Family:
Euphorbiaceae
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Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa) -
Created On:
03-09-2022
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