Jatropha hieronymi Kuntze

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Florida Prov.

• Locality

  2 km NW of turnoff from highway at Río Seco on dirt road toward La Florida.

• Elevation

  Alt. 540 m. (1772 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.66, -63.2539

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Euphorbiaceae Jatropha yWt
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Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Florida, 2 km NW of turnoff
from highway at Río Seco on dirt road toward La Florida.
Dry chaco forest on slight slope, sandy soil. Anandenanthera
macrocarpa.
18°39.60’S, 63°15.24’W. alt. 540 m.
Shrub 2.5 m. tall, 6 cm. in diameter, but gets to at least 4 m.
tall and 10 cm. in diameter here; bark beginning to peel into
papery brown fragments. Sap copious, runny, slightly milky.
Leaf lobes all curved and impossible to press flat. Petals
light yellow with red on part that was exposed in bud.
Coll.: M. Nee 51443
15 Nov. 2000
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