✿Euphorbiaceae · Jatropha
Hairy Jatropha
Jatropha villosa
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Flowering
- October-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jatropha villosa
- Genus
- Jatropha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Lobed (edge divided into sections)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hairy 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 Hairy Jatropha itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Hairy Jatropha
Hairy Jatropha (Jatropha villosa) is a low shrub in the Euphorbiaceae family. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Hairy Jatropha belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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