| Author: | Otto
Wilhelm Sonder, 1850 |
| Family: |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Magalisberg; Eastern South Africa |
| Soil: |
Sand - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
| Height: |
80 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Jatropha cluytioides, Pax & K.Hoffm. 1910.
Jatropha lagarinthoides var. clutioides,
Prain. |
This member of the
Euphorbiaceae family was
given this name by Otto
Wilhelm Sonder in 1850. It is found in
Magalisberg; eastern South Africa, growing in sand or another well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The Swollen
stem can grow to seven centimetres or more and the plant reach a height of 80
centimetres. The flowers are white.
The genera name from the Greek
words ἰατρός; iatros, meaning 'physician', and τροφή;
trophe meaning 'nutrition', as to medicinal uses. The species name for its
resemblance with Lagarinthus, a genera in the Asclepiadaceae
family. |
