Jangli Erandi / Glandular Jatropha
Jatropha glandulifera
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Puducherry, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Jangli Erandi
Identify Jangli Erandi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Lobed (edge divided into sections).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jangli Erandi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jatropha glandulifera
- Genus
- Jatropha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Plains, wastelands and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Africa
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Lobed (edge divided into sections)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Erandi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jangli Erandi itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- जंगली एरन्डी Jangli erandi
- Tamil
- Vellaikattukottai, ஆதாளை, எலி ஆமணக்கு
- Kannada
- kadi, kari thuraka haralu
- Malayalam
- atala, katalavanakku, nakadanti
- Marathi
- जंगली एरन्डी jangli-erandi
About Jangli Erandi
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Glandular Jatropha (Jatropha glandulifera) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Puducherry, Maharashtra and 1 other states. It grows in plains, wastelands and scrub jungles. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Jangli Erandi belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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