Jatropha aceroides
Nettlespurge.
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Abu Quaeihat
Plants
Sudan Flora
Names
Common name
Local name (Sudan)
Family name
Plant group
Nettlespurge.
Abu Quaeihat
Euphorbiaceae
Angiosperms, Malpighiales
Description
A small perennial shrub, branched from the base. Leaves digitately 3-5-lobed, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, 1-3 in. long, glaucous when young, coarsely and acutely dentate; petiole 6–8 in. long, glabrous, not glandular; stipules deeply 2–3 times divided into filiform glabrous segments about 4 in. long. Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered; Male flowers: Sepals lanceolate, subacute, slightly keeled, entire, glabrous. Female flowers shortly pedicellate: Sepals larger than in the male, but similar. Petals absent. Disk deeply 5-lobed; lobes rounded, smooth. Ovary smooth. Fruits trilocular capsules, green with red lines when unripe.
Plant type
Wild, Native
Location
Erkowit- Red Sea
Collected by
Ikram Madani
Collection date
Jul-24





