Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
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Filed As
Euphorbiaceae
Jatropha gossypiifolia L. -
Collector(s)
G. Eiten 10134 with L. T. Eiten, 01 Jan 1970
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Location
Brazil. Tocantins. Araguaína Mun. At "Acampamento do Gaucho" on Belém-Brasilia highway ca. 2 km SW of city of Araguaína.
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Habitat
Shrubby river bank. Area originally evergreen mesophytic forest. Brick-red latosol from underlying basalt.
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Description
shrub. Shrub. Plants 1 is 1.25m tall; plant 2 is 1.9m tall. Petals dark red (light green at base). Filaments light green; anther walls red at center and golden-yellow at edges; pollen golden yellow. Young fruit green; ripe capsules dry, brown. Leaves green to dark wine-red. Glands on stalk dark wine-red, globular tips light green. When cut, a thick, sticky, translucent, slightly whitish sap exudes (not a milky latex).
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Notes (shown on label)
Mature plants in population 1-2m tall. Species is probably native in the local forests.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 1028208
Occurrence ID: 02fb7926-af61-4972-8ce4-a58a0a083548
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Malpighiales
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Family
Euphorbiaceae
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All Determinations
Jatropha gossypiifolia L. det F. J. Fernández Casas, 2001
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Region
South America
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Country
Brazil
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State/Province
Tocantins
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County/Municipio
Araguaína Mun.
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Locality
At "Acampamento do Gaucho" on Belém-Brasilia highway ca. 2 km SW of city of Araguaína
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Coordinates
-7.2, -48.23
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Distribution
Plora of Brazil STATE OP GOIÁS Manihot vv> The New York Botanical Garden sv^ptiLUx V. TM-Oitoc, yJ'Z«K>') YOf^s BOTANICAL ©ARDEH NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN Municipio de Araguaina: at "Acampamento do Gaucho" on Belém- Brasilia highway ca. 2 Inn SW of city of ABA GUAINA. Area originally evergreen mesophytic forest. Brick-red latosol from underlying basalt. 7^12*S. 48si4'W, 1 Jan 1970 Shrubby river bank* This nfi: shrub. Plant 1 is 1 1/4 m tali; plant 2 is 1.9 m tall. Petals dark red (light green at base). Filaments light green; anther walls red at center and golden-yellow at edges; pollen golden yellow. Young fruit green; ripe capsules dry, brown* leaves green to dark wine-red. Glands on stalk dark winer-red, globular tips light green. When cut, a thick, sticky, translucent, slightly whitish sap exudes (not a milky latex). Mature plants in population 1-2 m tall. Species is probably native in the local forests* leg. George Eiten & Liene T. Eiten, 10134 01028208 01028208
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Jatropha gossypiifolia L.