Jatropha curcas L.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Jatropha curcas L.

  • Collector(s)

    P. C. Hutchison 3368, 03 Jan 1964

  • Location

    Peru. Lambayeque. Lambayeque Prov. km 10 east of Olmos. mesones-Muro highway between Olmos and Jaen.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4069281

    Occurrence ID: 050bfe20-7f8a-41a4-9761-dbbacfd64f00

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Jatropha curcas L.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Lambayeque

  • County/Municipio

    Lambayeque Prov.

  • Locality

    km 10 east of Olmos. mesones-Muro highway between Olmos and Jaen

  • Elevation

    Alt. 350 m. (1148 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

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Jatropha curcas L.	
Det. BijanDehgan	FLAS, 2002
Examined for a Monograph of New World	
Jatrcfha	
Collection number: 3368 • Size of set: 20 • Set 1, UCj(2)
determiner's set, XJSM • Duplicates: USM, US, F, NY, MO, K,
MICH, M, P, LE, G, GH, HEID, S, LIL, E,C,WIS
/?3
University of California
Seventh Botanical Garden Expedition to the Andes, 1963-1964
Director, Paul C. Hutchison
PERU
Jatropha curcas L.
Shrub z~3 m. “Piñón.” Seed coat used as a purgative*
dose is z only, more is dangerous. Km. to east of Olmos.
Mesones-Muro Highway between Olmos and Jaen.
Altitude 350 m.
Province and Department of Lambayeque
Paul C. Hutchison 3368	/£
J. Kenneth Wright	} january 1964^
Distributed by the Herbarium of the University of California
04069281