Plant Details

Accepted name:: Jatropha glauca Vahl [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
addaleyunnay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nikumba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Adenoropium glaucum (Vahl) Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 15 (1826).
Jatropha glauca Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 389 (1796), nom. illeg.
Jatropha lobata Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1085 (1866).
Jatropha lobata var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1085 (1866), not validly publ.
Jatropha lobata subsp. glauca (Vahl) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 32 (1910).
Jatropha lobata var. glauca (Vahl) Pax ex Blatter Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8: 435 (1923).
Jatropha lobata var. pubescens Chiov. Fl. Somala 1: 306 (1929).
Jatropha ricinifolia Fenzl ex Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 63 (1860).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Jatropha glauca Vahl	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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