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|accepted_name=Jatropha cuneata
|accepted_authority=Wiggins & Rollins
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Dudley Herb.
|place=3: 272, plate 62, fig. 1. 1943
|year=1943
}}
|common_names=Leatherplant;limberbush;sangre de drago
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Jatropha;Jatropha cuneata
|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 cuneata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 199
|treatment_page=page 203
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> to 2 m, dioecious. <b>Stems</b> spreading, yellow to yellow-brown [gray], much-branched, woody-succulent, glabrous; short shoots common; latex watery, yellow in young shoots, red in older shoots. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, usually fascicled on short shoots; stipules absent; petiole 0(–0.2) cm, not stipitate-glandular; blade obovate-spatulate, 0.7–1.9 × 0.3–0.9 cm, unlobed (shallowly 3-lobed on active shoots), base attenuate, margins entire, apex usually rounded, sometimes emarginate, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; venation pinnate (palmate if lobed). <b>Inflorescences</b> on short shoots, cymes or flowers solitary; peduncle 0.4–0.6 cm; bracts 0.4–1 mm, margins entire, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–4(–6.5) mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals connate basally, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–4 × 0.6–1 mm, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces glabrous; corolla white, tubular-urceolate, petals connate most of length, 4–6 × 1.3–2 mm, surfaces glabrous; stamens 10 in 2 whorls (5 + 5); filaments of both whorls connate almost to top, outer whorl 1–2.5 mm, inner series 2.5–4 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers resembling staminate, but sepals distinct, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 mm; petals 4–4.5 × 1–1.5 mm; carpel 1; styles 0.5–1 mm. <b>Capsules</b> spheric, 0.9–1.1 × 0.9–1.1 cm, tardily dehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> solid dark to golden brown, spheric, 10 × 10 mm; caruncle absent. <b>2n</b> = 44 (Mexico).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Dry rocky limestone mesas, sandy areas, bajadas.
|elevation=0–800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>In Arizona, <i>Jatropha cuneata</i> is found only in Pima County, primarily in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. Its stems have been used in basket making.</p>
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name=Jatropha cuneata
|authority=Wiggins & Rollins
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Dry rocky limestone mesas, sandy areas, bajadas.
|elevation=0–800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. Dudley Herb.
|publication year=1943
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Jatropha
|species=Jatropha cuneata
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