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Genus: Jatropha
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae
About 156
species, native to the tropics and subtropics worldwide, with 24 species
native to southern Africa, three species naturalised, and a further
species that is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Jatropha botswanica
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Jatropha campestris
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Jatropha capensis |
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Jatropha curcas
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Jatropha decumbens |
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Jatropha erythropoda |
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Jatropha gossypiifolia
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Jatropha hirsuta |
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Jatropha lagarinthoides |
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Jatropha latifolia |
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Jatropha loristipula
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Jatropha monroi
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Jatropha multifida
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Jatropha natalensis |
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Jatropha orangeana |
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Jatropha scaposa
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Jatropha schlechteri
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Jatropha schweinfurthii
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Jatropha seineri |
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Jatropha spicata
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Jatropha subaequiloba
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Jatropha variifolia |
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Jatropha woodii |
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Jatropha zeyheri |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Jatropha curcas
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Jatropha multifida |
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Jatropha podagrica |
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Other species, cultivated in southern
Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Jatropha integerrima
Native to the West Indies. |
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