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Jatropha giffordiana

Dehgan & G.L.Webster (1978)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Jatropha

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Madroño 25: 30 (1978)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Jatropha giffordiana Koko Crater Bot. Garden, Americas section, along main dirt road through crater. Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 1.5 m tall and 4-5 m across; base and lower stems swollen, semi-succulent; sap watery; leaves in whorls near stem ends, whitish hairy underneath, dull green above; flowers unisexual, female solitary, axillary; males in short panicles, several panicles per axit; tepals pink to red inside, overlapping, stamens in center; fruit a 3-angled capsule, wtih 5 lanceolate bracts at base, persistent stigmas apically Staples, G.W. 1585 Oahu BISH 2014-11-24
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