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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Jatropha multifida L.

Euphorbiaceae

SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)

[D]

mes->xer

dr (latex for sore and scar, roasted seed infusion for venereal disease, seed oil lotion for skin parasites, used to extract fish bones caught in throat) fd ma pl tx (sap, seeds)

Adenoropium multifidum (L.) Pohl

coralplant nettlespurge; coral bush; coralplant (Netherlands Antilles, USA, Virgin Islands); French physic nut; French physic-nut (Barbados, Jamaica); physic-nut (USA); Spanish physic nut; Spanish physic-nut (Jamaica)

médecinier espagnol; bouquet-corail, corail; médecinier des Indes (Haiti); médecinier multifide; médicinier d'Inde, médicinier espagnol (Haiti); noisette purgative; papaye sauvage (Haiti)

cabalongo (Mexico); castaño purgante, ceibilla (Cuba); chicasquil (Costa Rica); coral (Colombia); Don Tomas (Puerto Rico); emético vegetal (Venezuela); maná (Puerto Rico); pilon extrangero; piñón de España (Dominican Republic); piñón extranjero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); piñón vómico (Cuba); tãrtago (Puerto Rico); tartago emético (Colombia, Paraguay); yuca cimarrona (Dominican Republic)

kar onoged (kuna, Panama); kuri'y val (Paraguay); madamentu (Netherlands Antilles); medsinye panyòl, papay multifid (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Jatropha multifida L.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	[D]
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	dr (latex for sore and scar, roasted seed infusion for venereal disease, seed oil lotion for skin parasites, used to extract fish bones caught in throat) fd ma pl tx (sap, seeds)
Synonym	Adenoropium multifidum (L.) Pohl
English name	coralplant nettlespurge; coral bush; coralplant (Netherlands Antilles, USA, Virgin Islands); French physic nut; French physic-nut (Barbados, Jamaica); physic-nut (USA); Spanish physic nut; Spanish physic-nut (Jamaica)
French name	médecinier espagnol; bouquet-corail, corail; médecinier des Indes (Haiti); médecinier multifide; médicinier d'Inde, médicinier espagnol (Haiti); noisette purgative; papaye sauvage (Haiti)
Spanish name	cabalongo (Mexico); castaño purgante, ceibilla (Cuba); chicasquil (Costa Rica); coral (Colombia); Don Tomas (Puerto Rico); emético vegetal (Venezuela); maná (Puerto Rico); pilon extrangero; piñón de España (Dominican Republic); piñón extranjero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); piñón vómico (Cuba); tãrtago (Puerto Rico); tartago emético (Colombia, Paraguay); yuca cimarrona (Dominican Republic)
Other name	kar onoged (kuna, Panama); kuri'y val (Paraguay); madamentu (Netherlands Antilles); medsinye panyòl, papay multifid (creole, Haiti)
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