Gouty-stemmed Jatropha
Jatropha podagrica
Also known as Gout Stick, Gatemala Rhubarb, Tartogo
About Gouty-stemmed Jatropha
Jatropha podagrica is a species of flowering, caudiciform succulent plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, aligning it closely with related genera such as Croton, Euphorbia and Ricinus (castor bean), among others. It is native to the neotropics of Central America and southern Mexico, but is grown as an ornamental plant in many parts of the world due to its unusual appearance and mature caudex development. Common names for the species include gout-plant, gout-stalk, Guatemalan rhubarb, coral-plant, Buddha-belly plant, purging-nut, physic-nut, goutystalk nettlespurge, Australian bottleplant (a geographical misnomer) and tartogo.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jatropha podagrica
- Genus
- Jatropha
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- Republic of New Granada
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- বুদ্ধপেটি জয়তী
- Malayalam
- ജട്രോഫ പൊഡഗ്രിക
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Gouty-stemmed Jatropha belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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