Jatropha latifolia Pax
var. subeglandulosa Radcl.-Sm.

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Lebombos Hills, close to Namaacha

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Hairless perennial with stems up to 1 m high growing from a stout woody rootstock. Leaves simple, elliptic, 4-12 cm long, leathery; margin entire or minutely glandular denticulate; petiole 1-4 mm long. Inflorescences terminal, 10-13 cm long on a peduncle up to 8 cm long. Flowers unisexual, creamy white. Fruit c. 13 mm long, 3-lobed to subglobose, shallowly tuberculate.
Type location:	Mozambique
Notes:	Three other varieties are found in South Africa and Swaziland.
Derivation of specific name:	latifolia: with broad leaves; subeglandulosa: almost without glands.
Habitat:	In wooded grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	This variety only known from the Namaacha area in Southern Mozambique.
FZ divisions:	M
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Endemic status:	Endemic
Red data list status:	Data deficient
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Images last updated:	Monday 10 August 2015
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. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 57. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 257 - 258.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jatropha latifolia
African Plant Database: Jatropha latifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Jatropha latifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Jatropha latifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Jatropha latifolia
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iNaturalist: Jatropha latifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Jatropha latifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Jatropha latifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Jatropha latifolia
Plants of the World Online: Jatropha latifolia
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Wikipedia: Jatropha latifolia