Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Jatropha | Species: Jatropha integerrima Jacq., |
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| Synonym | Adenoropium hastatum (Jacq.) Britton & P.Wilson; A. integerrimum (Jacq.) Pohl; Jatropha coccinea Link; Jatropha diversifolia A.Rich. .; Jatrophaglaucovirens Pax & K.Hoffm.; Jatropha hastata Jac | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Spicy jatropha | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Firecracker Jatroph, Firecracker, Chaya, Coral plant, Peregrine, Peregrina, Spicy jatropha | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Red Jatropha | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruits, oval-shaped fruit, green; Seeds ovoid-ellipsoid, buff-coloured, mottled blackish-brown. |
| Habitat | Grows in sandy and semi-arid areas, close to swampy zones and in disturbed soils. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Pantropical (West Indies, Cuba). Grows as ornamental plant across the India. | Bark Details | Bark smooth become rugged with age. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Butterfly Park | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | An evergreen shrub. Bark smooth become rugged with age. Leaves simple, alternate, glossy, stipulate, polymorphic, fiddle shaped, or three sharp pointed lobes, cordate, at the base with 3-4 glandular teeth on each side near the base, smooth dark green above, pale or purplish tinged below. Flowers in terminal corymbose, monoecious or dioecious; Male flowers: calyx cup-shaped, lobes 5, oblong, Carolla red-pinkish obovate, oblanceolate to spathulate; anthers sagittate; disc lobes 5, glandular, ovate to orbicular. Female flowers: calyx same as in male but often larger; petals and disc same as in male; ovary ovoid. Fruits, oval-shaped fruit, green; Seeds ovoid-ellipsoid, buff-coloured, mottled blackish-brown. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, glossy, stipulate, polymorphic, fiddle shaped, or three sharp pointed lobes, cordate, at the base with 3-4 glandular teeth on each side near the base, smooth dark green above, pale or purplish tinged below. |
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