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|accepted_name=Jatropha curcas
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1006. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Physic or purging nut;piñón
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Jatropha;Jatropha curcas
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jatropha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Jatropha curcas]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 199
|treatment_page=page 202
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 10[–15] m, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, gray-green, much-branched, woody-succulent, glabrous; short shoots absent; latex watery, colorless in younger branches, cloudy-whitish in older shoots. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, ± evenly distributed on long shoots; stipules caducous, narrowly lanceolate, 5 mm, undivided; petiole 9–19 cm, not stipitate-glandular; blade round in outline, 9–15 × 9–15 cm, usually shallowly 3–5-lobed, rarely unlobed, base cordate, margins entire or glandular (young leaves), apex acuminate, membranous, surfaces glabrous; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, terminal and subterminal, cymes; peduncle 5–10 cm; bracts 3–10 mm, margins entire, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–3 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals distinct, ovate-elliptic, 4–6 × 2–3 mm, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces glabrous; corolla greenish yellow, campanulate, petals distinct or connate 1/4 length, 6–8 × 2–3.5 mm, glabrous abaxially, tomentose adaxially; stamens 10, ± in 2 whorls (5 + 5); filaments of both whorl connate to top or nearly so, outer whorl 3–4.5 mm, inner whorl 3–5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers resembling staminate, but sepals connate to 1/2 length, 5–7.5 × 2–5 mm; petals 4–5 × 2–2.5(–3) mm; staminodes infrequent; carpels 3; styles connate most of length, 0.5–1.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoidal, 2.6–3 × 2.2–2.8 cm, drupaceous. <b>Seeds</b> black or black mottled with white spots, ellipsoidal, 18–20 × 11–13 mm; caruncle rudimentary. <b>2n</b> = 22 (Puerto Rico).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring (late summer–early fall).
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;Central America;introduced also in West Indies;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Jatropha curcas now has a circumtropical distribution but probably originated in Central America; it is naturalized in southern Florida. The latex of J. curcas is used for soap making and for medicinal purposes; the seeds are used for biofuel production.</p>
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name=Jatropha curcas
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring (late summer–early fall).
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;Central America;introduced also in West Indies;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_974.xml
|genus=Jatropha
|species=Jatropha curcas
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