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Jatropha tanjorensis
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Jatropha tanjorensis Ellis & Saroja, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 58: 834.1961; Ramach., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 661.1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 421. 1988; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 227. 2007.
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Description:
Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves alternate, shortly 5-lobed, 7.5-11 x 6.5-10 cm, thinly pubescent along nerves, base subcordate, margin serrate, serratures gland-tipped, apex acute; petiole 6-10 cm; stipules ciliate, glandular. Cymes ca. 9 cm wide; bracts lanceolate, 1x 0.3 cm, or smaller in successive forkings; pedicel to 3 mm. Flowers polygamous; bisexual flowers 9 mm across; male ones smaller, generally opening after bisexual flowers. Outer tepals pinkish-green, unequal, lanceolate, 5-7 mm, serrate, glandular, hairy, acuminate; inner ones greenish yellow in bisexual flowers, pinkish in male, obovate, 5-7 mm, villous within at base, decurrent, obtuse. Stamens 8, free; filaments 3 mm; anthers 1 mm, bearded. Ovary 2.5 x 2 mm; styles 2 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
In the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Tellicherry
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