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Cnidoscolus stimulosus (Michx.) Engelm. & A.Gray

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Cnidoscolus

Characteristics

Plants 10–120 cm. Leaves: stipules 2–3.5 mm, margins entire; petiole 3–8 cm; blade ovate to round in outline, 5–17 × 4–12 cm, deeply lobed, lobes (1/2–)3/4–9/10 blade length, base broadly cordate to truncate, margins usually dentate, rarely entire, teeth and lobe apices acute to obtuse, not aristate. Staminate flowers: calyx salverform, tube 8–11 mm, distally straight or constricted, stinging hairs absent, lobes 7–10 mm; stamens of outer whorl shorter than inner, filaments of outer whorl distinct, of inner whorl connate most of length; staminodes 0. Pistillate flowers: sepals 10–15 mm; stigmas 12–24. Capsules 10–12 mm. Seeds brown, sometimes mottled, 8–9 mm. 2n = 36.
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Deep-rooted, 1–few-stemmed perennial to 6 dm, armed throughout with stiff hairs 3–6 mm, these least abundant on the lvs; lvs long-petioled, subrotund in outline, deeply 3–5-lobed and often again cleft; cymes few-fld; cal of staminate fls salverform, the limb 14–25 mm wide; stamens 10, unequal; fr prismatic; seeds subcylindric, 6–8 mm; 2n=36. Dry, sandy soil, chiefly on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla. and Tex. June, July. (Jatropha s.)
A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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A tropical and subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
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Distribution

Cnidoscolus stimulosus world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Georgia, and Nicaragua

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:341781-1
WFO ID wfo-0000899250
COL ID WJL4
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Synonyms

Bivonea stimulosa Jatropha stimulosa Jatropha urens var. stimulosa Cnidoscolus stimulosus
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