Jatropha macrocarpa Griseb.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Tarija

• County/Municipio

  Burnet O'Connor Prov.

• Locality

  13.4 km S of Palo Blancos on road to Caraparí, then 3.8 km E, 1.2 km E of buildings at Rancho Tres Aguadas

• Elevation

  Alt. 850 m. (2789 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -21.5208, -63.7778

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Euphorbiaceae Jatropha yvua	i
Depto. Tarija, Prov. O’Connor, 13.4 km S of Palos
Blancos on road to Carapari, then 3.8 km. E, 1.2 km E of
buildings at Rancho Tres Aguadas.
21°31’15”S, 63°46’40”-55” W. alt. 850 m.
Flat area in valley bottom and gentle slopes, grazed chaco
woodland, with Schinopsis marginata, Ruprechtia triflora,
Vallesia glabra, Synandrospadix vermitoxicus.
Small shrub with thick tapering trunk to 1 m. tall, to 20 cm.
in diameter; branches few, thick. Bark peeling off in
coppery papery pieces. Sap watery-milky, sticky. Petals
yellow with reddish orange on outside.
Coll.: M. Nee & R. Flores S. 54840 22 March 2007
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