Jatropha multifida L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus

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Common names:	Coral tree (English)
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Status:	Cultivated and sometimes naturalised
Description:	Glabrous eglandular shrub to 2 m, with milky latex. Leaves long-petiolate, not peltate, deeply palmately 10-12-lobed, the lobes narrow and irregularly lobed, arising from a cordate basal disk. Inflorescence corymbose, borne on a long peduncle. Flowers coral-red; female with larger petals. Fruit 3-lobed to pear-shaped.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	multifida: much divided
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Worldwide distribution:	Native of tropical America from Mexico and Paraguay
Malawi distribution:	S
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 261.

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Jatropha multifida
Flora of Mozambique: Jatropha multifida
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Jatropha multifida
Flora of Zambia: Jatropha multifida
Flora of Zimbabwe: Jatropha multifida
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Jatropha multifida

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