Kingdom: Plantae
Divisi: Magnoliphyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malphigiales
Family: Euphobiaceae
Genus: Jatropha
Species: Jatropha integerrima Jack
Local name: Jatropa
Trunk and Branches: Routinely with, multiple trunks resistant to breakage with thin bark that droop as the tree grows, but can be trained to grow with a single trunk. The older stems are relatively thick and either somewhat succulent or softly woody. These older stems contain a watery or soapy sap. The current year twig are herbaceous and purplish brown in colour. The bark when dry is strongly aromatic, hence its other common name Spicy jatropha.
Leaves: Alternate, 5-15 cm long and 3-8 cm broad, , bronze when young with a brownish underside, becoming a dark glossy green colour as they age velvety on upper surface and flecked with purple below, extremely variable in shape, mostly quite entire elliptic or oval, but some with here and there an angular process, or they may have three sharp pointed lobes. Petiole long.
Flowers: Unisexual (masculine or feminine) borne in a multi-flowered terminal cymose inflorescence on a 5-10 cm long peduncle. Star shaped, five-petaled, about 2.5-3cm across bright scarlet, vermilion or coral-red with yellow stamens.
Blooming season: This species flowers throughout the year where adequate moisture and temperature is available. The inflorescence continues to branch and flower for an extended period.
Fruit (capsules): Greenish red, sub-globular, 3-locular, about 1-1,3 cm in diameter and length, dehiscent (spontaneously splitting open when ripe).
Seeds: Ovoid, about 8 mm long, pale brown with blackish dots.
Description: The peregrina (Jatropha integerrima) is an ornamental evergreen, rounded or narrow domed succulent shrub or small tree that can grow 3-4.5 m tall with a spread 2.5-3 or so with age in frost-free climates, although in cultivation it is usually smaller. The leaves are glossy-green and vary in shape from lobed to oval. This species produces beautiful clusters of scarlet flowers with bright yellow stamens year-round. It is related to Jatropha curcas that is grown commercially to produce oil used in biodiesel fuel.
Trunk and Branches: Routinely with, multiple trunks resistant to breakage with thin bark that droop as the tree grows, but can be trained to grow with a single trunk. The older stems are relatively thick and either somewhat succulent or softly woody. These older stems contain a watery or soapy sap. The current year twig are herbaceous and purplish brown in colour. The bark when dry is strongly aromatic, hence its other common name Spicy jatropha.
Leaves: Alternate, 5-15 cm long and 3-8 cm broad, , bronze when young with a brownish underside, becoming a dark glossy green colour as they age velvety on upper surface and flecked with purple below, extremely variable in shape, mostly quite entire elliptic or oval, but some with here and there an angular process, or they may have three sharp pointed lobes. Petiole long.
Flowers: Unisexual (masculine or feminine) borne in a multi-flowered terminal cymose inflorescence on a 5-10 cm long peduncle. Star shaped, five-petaled, about 2.5-3cm across bright scarlet, vermilion or coral-red with yellow stamens.
Blooming season: This species flowers throughout the year where adequate moisture and temperature is available. The inflorescence continues to branch and flower for an extended period.
Fruit (capsules): Greenish red, sub-globular, 3-locular, about 1-1,3 cm in diameter and length, dehiscent (spontaneously splitting open when ripe).
Seeds: Ovoid, about 8 mm long, pale brown with blackish dots.
Benefit: Ornamental plant
Location: UPI Library
Synonyms:
Jatropha hastata
Jatropa pandurifolia
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