Plant Details

Accepted name:: Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Jatropha mollissima var. mollissima

Jatropha mollissima var. villosa (Pohl) Dehgan & G.L.Webster

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pinhão branco	Other	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
pinhão-bravo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pinhão-manso	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, latex		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
latex, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
latex		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Jatropha pohliana Müll.Arg. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 17(2): 449 (1864), nom. superfl.
Adenoropium mollissimum Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 15 (1826).
Jatropha pohliana var. mollissima (Pohl) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1091 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Jatropha molissima (Pohl) Baill.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Jatropha pohliana M.Arg.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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