Jatropha chevalieri Beille

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Jatropha

Characteristics

Fruit glabrous, 1/2 in. long, tipped by the base of the style.
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A shrub about 3 ft. high, with glabrous striate branches
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.96
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Found mainly on sandy soils, e.g. sand dunes. In the dry zone of Mauritania it occurs in wadis, in the Sahel zone it is found in savannah and shrub vegetation.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Jatropha chevalieri world distribution map, present in Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:350185-1
WFO ID wfo-0000219554
COL ID 3QN7D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Jatropha chevalieri Jatropha glauca var. senegalensis Jatropha lobata subsp. senegalensis Jatropha lobata var. senegalensis