Tanjore Jatropha
Jatropha tanjorensis
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- November-April
How to identify Tanjore Jatropha
Identify Tanjore 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 shrub 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: November-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tanjore Jatropha.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jatropha tanjorensis
- Genus
- Jatropha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- On hill plains, often as a hedge shrub by the coasts
- Habitat type
- Coastal
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-April
- 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 Tanjore Jatropha 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 Tanjore Jatropha itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tanjore Jatropha
Tanjore Jatropha (Jatropha tanjorensis) is a shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in on hill plains, often as a hedge shrub by the coasts. Flowering and fruiting run from November to April.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Tanjore Jatropha belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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