Barbados nut
ಕಾಚಿ ಗಿಡఅడవి ఆముదముകടലാവണക്ക്
Jatropha curcas L.
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Euphorbiaceae
Formerly Curcas adansonii, Curcas drastica, Curcas indica, Curcas lobata, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from Florida Natural Areas Inventory, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Florida Natural Areas Inventory, one source
Not known yet: light, height, spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 麻风树, 小桐子, 膏桐
- Simplified Chinese
- 麻风树, 假白榄, 麻疯树
- Telugu
- అడవి ఆముదము, అడవి ఆముదము చెట్టు
- Kannada
- ಕಾಚಿ ಗಿಡ
- Marathi
- मोगलीएरंड
- Bangla
- জামাল গোটা, সাদা ভেরেন্ডা
- Malayalam
- കടലാവണക്ക്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Florida Natural Areas Inventory, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
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