Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Jatropha pelargoniifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Jatropha pelargoniifolia is a shrub that can grow from 20 - 200cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya; Arabian Peninsula - Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia.

HabitatAcacia-Commiphora bushland in sandy or rocky places; also on dunes; stony soils; red sand; gritty basement complex soil in clearings in dense mixed thickets; sandy soil on weathered sandstone in Euphorbia, Commiphora dwarf bushland[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].