Jatropha gossypifolia L.

No.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Jatropha gossypiifolia L.	
Det Bijan Dehgan	FLAS, 1996
Examined for a Monograph of New World	
Jatropha	
PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
12109
Family: EUPHORBIACEAE
Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
det. M.J. Huft 1982
Estado Sucre: Peninsula de Araya, ca
26 km northwest of Cariaco by air,
fresh water pond near ocean slightly
east of turnoff Jg new road. Near sea
level. 10°39'n63
,5m herb. Flowers red purple.
White latex.
Fruit green.
R. Liesner
19 May 1981
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto
Botánico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States) and
CONICIT (Venezuela).
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