Jatropha curcas Linnaeus (1753b: 1006)

Simão, Inês F., Silveira, Paulo C., Wajer, Jacek, Schuiteman, André & Welzen, Peter Van, 2024, Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families, Phytotaxa 661 (2), pp. 123-149 : 133

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13216077
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scientific name	Jatropha curcas Linnaeus (1753b: 1006)
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Jatropha curcas Linnaeus (1753b: 1006) View in CoL ; Fawcett (1885: 517)

Ecology: a culture follower, found near villages, on and along roads, in cultivated areas and grounds, in gardens, at landfills, near rivers in the shade, secondary/open grassland, open plains, in and around primary, disturbed and secondary forest, near the coast and on limestone hills; soil often sandy, clay-loam, loam, river beds with gravel and sand; once reported from rhyolite bedrock; elevation: sea-level up to 800(–1200) m ( van Welzen et al. 2017 ).

Distribution: Central and South America, Caribbean islands, widely introduced in Malesia ( van Welzen et al. 2017 ).

Specimens examined: Timor Leste: Dili, [Dili, 8°33’31” S, 125°34’25” E], { Nein Feto }, 21 January 2004, Paiva , J. & Silveira, P. T 118 ( AVE) GoogleMaps ; Viqueque, [Mundo Perdido, Mont , 8°43’16” S, 126°19’56” E], 22 January 1970, Metzner, J. 80 ( L [ L.2236297]) GoogleMaps .

Red List Assessment: Least Concern.