JATROPHA PANDURIFOLIA 
Jatropha — from the Greek, alluding to its medicinal use ; 
pandurifoha — fiddle-shaped leaf. 
English name : 
Country of origin : 
Jatropha. 
Euphorbiaceae. 
West Indies. 
Colour : 
• Garden use: 
Propagation 
scarlet. 
in a mixed border or bed, or 
as a specimen shrub ; when well 
grown, a striking plant with its 
scarlet flowers and curiously 
shaped leaves. 
by seed or cuttings, but best 
results from marcots. 
A, a flower from the side. 
6, the stamens, five short and five long, with 
their stalks united below into a column. 
C, capsules, one shown from above, three from 
the side. 
O, seeds. 
E, the ovary with three divided stigmas. 
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