Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Jatropha gossypifolia Linn.

Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Jatropha Species: Jatropha gossypifolia Linn.( रतनजोति, मायला )

Habit

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Synonym Jatropha acerifolia Salisb., Jatropha aceroides (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Hutch. Flower Color Red - Pink
Common Name Ratanjoti Flower Type Cyme
English / Trade Name Physic nut, Bellyache Bush, Puppet seed plant, Tua-Tua, Cotton Leaf, Sibidigua Hindi Flowering Period Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name Ratanjoti, Mayla Fruiting Period Jan-March
Altitude Upto 1000m Fruit Type Capsule
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Capsules 3-lobed, smooth, glabrous. Seeds oblong, glabrous, grayish-brown with pale-yellow strophiole.
Habitat Naturalised in waste places near habitations. Bark Type Smooth
Distribution It is native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean islands. Bark Details Purplish green and glandular hairy on younger parts.
Distribution in Haryana Ambala, Karnal, Morni-Pinjore, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar Origin Exotic
    Leaf Type Compound
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Palmate
Description of Species Tall, erect, glandular hairy shrub or under shrub. Stem deep reddish-purple. Leaves 5-14 x 5.0-13.5 cm, orbicular to obovate, palmately 3-5 loebd, 3-nerved, cordate at the base. Flowers monoecious, in terminal, trichotomous cymes purplish-red. Bracts ovate, acute. Filaments of inner whorls connate at the base, longer than outer ones. Capsules 3-lobed, smooth, glabrous. Seeds oblong, glabrous, grayish-brown with pale-yellow strophiole. Leaf Details Leaves 5-14 x 5.0-13.5 cm, orbicular to obovate, palmately 3-5 loebd, 3-nerved, cordate at the base.
 

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