Mazhar Botanic Garden

Jatropha gossypiifolia L.

Cotton leaf Bellyache Black physic nut

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000686
English name: Cotton leaf, Bellyache, Black physic nut
Arabic name: جاتروفا قطن
Native: Mexico and South America
Country: Mexico South America
(PGR): Common

Sub shrub grows to 15-4 m high leaves 3-5 lobes, purple when young, bright green with age, 4-10 cm long and 5-13 cm wide flower small red with yellow centre fruit capsule, 3 lobed, 15 cm long, seeds oblong

Ornamental plant. leaves, flowers and root medicinal uses.

Jatropha elegans Kl

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Texture: Adaptable
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring - summer
Zone: 10 : 10
pH range: 5.5-6.5
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Sub shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Semi deciduous
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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