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Jatropha multifida L.
Synonym
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Adenoropium multifidum
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Family
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Euphorbiaceae
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Local name
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English - Physic nut
Malayalam – Churakkalli
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Flowering and fruiting period
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August-May
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Distribution
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All Districts
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Distribution in kerala
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Tropical and
Subtropical America
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Habitat
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Grown in gardens
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Uses
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The leaves, the latex
and the fruits of this plant are used in the treatment of infected wounds,
skin infection and as a cicatrizing, ulcers, oral thrush, constipation and
fever.
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Large shrubs. Leaves
alternate, orbicular, 7.5-12.5 cm wide, palmately divided into 5-11 lobes;
lobes lanceolate-acute or elliptic-acute, long-petioled. Flowers coral red,
borne on many-flowered, long-pedunculate, flat-topped terminal
cymes.Fruit(capsule) 3-lobed, about 2.5 cm long, obovate, smooth, yellowish
when ripe.
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