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Genus species:Jatropha integerrima
Family:
Chuukese name:
English name: Rose flowered jatropha
Kosraean name:
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Growth form: Shrub
Growth location: Terrestrial
Growth envionment: Cultivated garden
Growth zone: Tropical
Average height: 3-5 meters
Stem: woody
Leaf arrangement: Simple and fascicled
Stipule: Absent
Petioles: 1.0-3.0 cm long
Leaf blade: Ovate and elliptical, 5-10 cm long, accute tip, green, smooth and shinny upper surface, pinnate venation, and margin is entire
Inflorescence: Umbel, usually comprised of four to five flowers at a common base
Florl bracts: none
Flower: Rotationally symmetric, slaveform, red
Calyx: Green, fused and reduced to acup-like structure surrounding the ovary
Corolla: Fused red corrola with four lobes
Stamens: 0.1-0.3 cm long, red, ten anthers and filaments
Ovary: Both inferior and superior ovaries
Style: A single red style about 1.0-3.0 cm long
Fruit: none
Seed: not observed at collection time
Anything else: no strong odor, usually for decoration
Cultural usage: use as an incredient of soap
"Contains potentially lethal toxin, curcin, which is a type of toxalbumin. Toxalbumins cause bleeding lesions in the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines. The lesions resemble alkaline burns, though the onset is sometimes delayed several hours after ingestion. Toxalbumins interfere with cell function and cause cell damage leading to serious liver, kidney, adrenal, nerve damage, and sometimes death." |
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