Jangli Erandi / Glandular Jatropha
Jatropha glandulifera
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Puducherry, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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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