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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
Tatto bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia
Copyright by: Rosimar Rivera

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; naturalized in peninsular Florida.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: The Flora of the West Indies (see link below) cites plants in the Bahamas as J. gossypifolia var. jamaicensis.

Synonyms: Adenoropium gossypifolium.

Other data on Jatropha gossypiifolia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Jatropha gossypiifolia
Copyright by: Rosimar Rivera