Jatropha platyphylla Müll.Arg.

HA
Herbarium of the University of California, Riverside
PLANTS OF MEXICO
Jatropha platyphvlla Muell. Arg.
Euphorbi aceae
MEXICO: EDO. DE JALISCO: MPIO. LA HUERTA: Rancho
Cuixmala. S bank of Rio Cuixmala, along the road to Parque
Caiman. Lat.	Long. 104°57.5,W. Soil dry clay
high in organic matter. Elev ca 20 m. Tropical Deciduous
Forest with Bursera. Ficus. Dry, open areas along roadside
on slopes above river. Scarce shrub 5 m. Flowers white.
Leaves dark red, trunk with stipular spines, otherwise
bare, latex clear brown.
Coll. BRIAN L. PHILLIPS # 1167
Det. E. J. Lott, 1991
23 June 1991
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