Species notes
About Jatropha podagrica
Jatropha podagrica (also recorded as Buddha belly plant) is an accepted species in the family Euphorbiaceae, within the order Malpighiales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Buddha belly plant
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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