Spicy Jatropha
Jatropha integerrima
Also known as Coral Plant, Peregrina, Physic Nut
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Spicy Jatropha
Identify Spicy Jatropha 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Showy pink-red flower clusters, ornamental (spicy jatropha).
- Confirm leaf margin: Lobed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jatropha integerrima
- Genus
- Jatropha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Caribbean Islands
- Distribution
- Introduced in tropics
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Assam, Odisha, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- LobedrecordedThe edge is divided into rounded or pointed sections that don't reach the midrib.“The leaves are three-lobed, with the middle lobe by far the largest.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Spicy Jatropha itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Spicy Jatropha itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- সুগন্ধি জয়তী, দিনফোটা জয়তী
About Spicy Jatropha
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Spicy Jatropha (Jatropha integerrima) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and 21 other states. It is cultivated. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Spicy Jatropha belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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