Jatropha curcas

Jatropha curcas

Jatropha curcas L.
Engl.: Barbados nut, purging nut, Barbadoes nut, physic nut.
Deu.: Babantsi, Purgiernuss, Schwarze Brechnuss, Termitenbaum.
Pharm.: ficus infernalis, nuces barbadenses, nuces carharticae americanae, semen curcadis, semina ricini majoris.
Bot. syn.: Curcas purgans (L.) Britt. & Millsp.

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Smallish tree. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.

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Jatropha
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Jatropha curcas
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Branch with fruit. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.