Jatropha gossypifolia L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  San Martín

• County/Municipio

  Mariscal Cáceres Prov.

• City/Township

  Tocache Nuevo

• Locality

  Tocache Nuevo

• Elevation

  Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -8.18, -76.5

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF PERU
No. 11688 Jatropha. qossypi i folì a L.
det. M. J. Huft 1982
EUPHORB.
v*3
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
DEPT. SAN MARTÍN: Prov. Mariscal Caceres. Distrito
Tocache Nuevo. Tocache Nuevo. Approx. 8°11*S.,
76°30*W. Alt. 500 m.
Cultivated shrub 3.5 m. tall with cloudy sap.
Twigs, leaves, petioles and peduncles dark red-
purple. Flowers dark red. Mature fruits brown.
N.V. "pinon negro" *
Usés: Leaf is chopped up and mixed with aguardi-
ente; applied in plaster to forehead for
headaches. Also used to counteract witch-
craft .
PHOTOS
Coll. T. Plowman
J. Schunke V.
24 December 198L-N.
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