Jatropha macrorhiza Benth.

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Jatropha. macrorhiza Benth.
Det. Bijan Dehgan	FLAS, 1992
Examined for a Monograph of New World Jatropha
EUP
81-338 JATROPHA MACRORHIZA Benth.
Coll. Darrell Ward, Richard Spellenberg
15 July 1981
MEXICO, Chihuahua, about 3 miles N of El
Sueco just E of Mex. Hwy, 45, gentle slope,
red silty soil, with Franseria, Verbena,
Nama, Mentzelia, Erigeron, Tribulus,
Amaranthus, Senecio longilobus, Sporobolus
contractus, Xanthocephalum, Solanum
elaeagnifolium.
Upon injury a forceful weeping of a clear
sticky sap; root large, globose, about 12 cm
diameter.
Distribution: NMC, NY, MEXU
Collected in association with the Collegio de
Graduados, Escuela Superior de Agricultura
"Hermanos Escobar"
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