Jatropha scaposa Radcl.-Sm.

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Near Revue River, Grudja Village, Buzi District

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb up to 40 cm tall. Leafy stems and flowering shoots arising separately from a stout woody, tuberous rootstock. Leaves up to 15 × 17 cm, palmately 5-lobed, with median lobe largest, up to 8 × 3.5 cm, thinly textured, densely hairy on both surfaces when young, finely velvety when mature, widely cordate at the base; lateral veins up to 18 pairs per lobe; margin entire; petiole up to 7.5 cm long. Inflorescences branched, up to 22 × 15 cm on a flowering stem up to 15 cm long. Flowers unisexual; male flowers lemon-yellow; female flowers yellowish-green. Fruit a 3-lobed or subspherical capsule, c. 1.5 × 1.5 cm, finely wrinkled and covered with small wart-like protuberances.
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Derivation of specific name:	scaposa: with a scape or leafless peduncle from the ground
Habitat:	Occurring in mixed miombo woodland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Coastal plain of Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	N,MS,M
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 9 February 2010
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 84. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 265.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jatropha scaposa
African Plant Database: Jatropha scaposa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Jatropha scaposa
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