POISONOUS AND INJURIOUS PLANTS 59 
Euphorbiaceae, or Spurge, Family 
Jatropha multifida L. (fig. 32) 
Coral Plant 
Descrietion.—This fast-growing branched, ornamental shrub 
reaches 5 to 12 feet in height. Its bark is smooth and gray in the older 
parts but green in the young new growth. It tends to be a straggling 
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FIGURE 32.—Coral Plant (Jatropha multifida L.) 
