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3. Jatropha integerrima Jacq.wfo-0000219712

Select. Strip. Amer. Hist.: 256, t. 183, f. 47. 1763; Pax in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV. 147. ii: 50. 1910; Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 26: 284. 1972. Fig. 11: B: Plate XIX: 2.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub up to 6 m high, young shoots sparingly pubescent. Stipules filiform, ca 1 mm long. Leaves: petiole 1–3 cm long, glabrous; blade obovate to subpanduriform, 6–13 by 2–6 cm, base attenuate, margin entire except usually subbasally glandular-denticulate, apex acuminate to cuspidate, tip acute; venation basally 3–5-nerved, with up to 12 pairs nerves along the midrib. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, subcorymbiform, up to 14 cm long; peduncle up to 10 cm long; bracts triangular, up to 4 mm long, basally with glandular teeth. Staminate flowers: pedicel up to 7 mm long; calyx united till halfway, up to 2.5 mm high, lobes subacute or obtuse, entire, glabrous; petals obovate, 10–13 by 4–5 mm, apex rounded, inside basally pubescent, scarlet or pinkish; disc-glands free; stamens 10, the 5 outer filaments united for three-quarters, the 5 inner ones united for two-thirds their length. Pistillate flowers: pedicel, sepals, petals, and disc as in staminate flowers; ovary glabrous; style short; stigmas deeply bifid. Fruits trigonous, ca 1 cm in diam., smooth, dehiscing both septicidally and partly loculicidally. Seeds ellipsoid to ovoid, 8–9 by ca 5 mm wide; caruncle bifid.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; NORTH-EASTERN: Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Ubon Ratchathani; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi.

Distribution : Native to West Indies, widely cultivated in tropics.

Ecology : Cultivated, sea level up to 800 m alt.

Vernacular : Pattawia (ปัตตาเวีย)(Central).

CommonName : Peregrina, Spicy jatropha.

Uses: Ornamental plant.