Jatropha curcas L.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Jatropha curcas L.

  • Collector(s)

    P. Emos Eperiam 103 with Relio Lengis, Julie Cooper, Francisca Sohl, 08 May 2006

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Kitti (Mun.). Collected along paved road on homestead in agroforest.

  • Habitat

    Agroforest, by betel nut, coconut and breadfruit.

  • Description

    Tree approx. 15 ft (4.6m) in height. Tree trunk very skinny without branches. Leaves: alternate, dark green on upper and lower surface, waxy and thick with 5 points and long petiole that is almost same length as leaf. Stem brown lenticels sap is sticky. Phenology of specimen: sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05104070

    Occurrence ID: 68accb3a-d0af-400f-8f56-d4ec45b39239

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Jatropha curcas L. det D. H. Lorence, 2012

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Kitti (Mun.)

  • Locality

    Collected along paved road on homestead in agroforest

  • Elevation

    Alt. 134 m. (440 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.8194, 158.218

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Euphorbiaceae
Jatropha curcas L.
det. D. H. Lorence, 2012
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Kitti (Mun.).
Collected along paved road on homestead in agroforest.
6d49'10'tN, 158°13'3wE
440 ft
Agroforest, by betel nut, coconut and breadfruit
Tree approx. 15 ft (4.6m) in height. Tree trunk very
skinny without branches. Leaves* alternate, dark green
on upper and lower surface, waxy and thick with I
points and long petiole that is almost same length as
leaf. Stem brown lenticels sap is sticky.
N.V. Soakoan [Pohnpeian]
fruit	For	swollen	testicles.	Take	one fruit, cut
in half or split into two, and place into a
piece of cloth, then squeeze the juice on
the testicles. Apply until it is healed.
08 May 2006
P. Emos Eperiam, Relio Lengis, Julie Cooper, Francisca Sohl
103
The V. Katin Rasmussen Foundation
NYdb ,
05104070
05104070