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Jatropha chamelensis

Jatropha chamelensis
Photo: Barry Stock from Hollywood, Florida, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Mexico (Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Jatropha chamelensis is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, but restricted to a small region on the Pacific coast, including the Reserva de la Biosfera Chamela-Cuixmala in Jalisco and the tropical deciduous forest of Nayarit.

Other Jatropha plants

Jatropha bullockii · Berlandier's nettlespurge · Costa Rican jatropha · Barbados nut · Leatherstem · Jatropha elliptica · Jatropha gaumeri · Bellyache bush · Peregrina · Jatropha macrantha · Moran's lomboy · Coralbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jatropha chamelensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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