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Jatropha gaumeri is a shrub or small tree from seasonally dry tropical lowlands of southern Mexico and Central America, in the spurge family. It is rarely grown outside its native range, and it is adapted to hot, dry conditions with a dry season.
Jatropha gaumeri, with no commonly used English name, is a shrub or small tree native to tropical Mexico and contiguous Central America. It belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae.
In Mexico, Jatropha gaumeri occurs in the southern states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Tabasco, and throughout the Yucatan Peninsula, as well as in Belize and Guatemala.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jatropha gaumeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
