Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Jatropa | Species: Jatropha curcas L. |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Croton salicifolia, Ricinus americanus | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Jamal Ghota,Jangli Arandi,Ratanjot | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Jatropha, Physic Nut | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Awa kege | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Grey-brown capsule, up to 4 cm long normally divided into 3 cells each containing one seed |
| Habitat | Occurs in nursery and grown wildly | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to Mexico or neighbouring parts of Central America and exotic to India | Bark Details | Bark greenish-white peeling off in thin flakes |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Exotic | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | It is a perennial poisonous shrub, up to 5 m high. It is an uncultivated non-food wild-species | Leaf Details | 2- 20 cm long, blade 3-5 lobed, 12.5-18 x1-16 cm, lobes acute orshortly acuminate athe apex, margins entire orundulating, leaf base deply cordate, glabrous or pubescent only on the vins below |
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