Accession Data

Jatropha curcas

Common Name: Barbados nut, physic nut

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico to Trop. America

Uses: Oil used for biofuels.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession #: 198500353

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1307

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Culture: Seasonally deciduous in arid locales.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Malpighiales

Family: Euphorbiaceae

SubFamily: Crotonoideae

Tribe: Jatropheae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Personal Communication with Frank Vincentz, International Euphorbia Society, 4 JAN 2006
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 23 April 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 23 March 2015.

Images

Jatropha curcas