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| Jatropha rivae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Jatropha |
| Species: | J. rivae |
| Binomial name | |
| Jatropha rivae | |
Jatropha rivae is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae native to the deserts and dry shrublands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. [1] [2] [3]
Jatropha rivae is a deciduous shrub, growing up to 2.5 metres (8 ft) tall, with purple-brown young twigs. [1] [2] The leaves are 5–35 mm long, 5–15 mm wide and oblanceolate to obovate in shape, with a wedge-shaped (cuneate) base and 0–2 mm long petiole. The leaf margin is entire to dentate or sinuately lobed, and the apex is rounded to emarginate. [2]
Jatropha rivae is in the genus Jatropha . It has the subspecies parvifolia, quercifolia, and rivae. It was named in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 185 in 1896 by Ferdinand Albin Pax. [2] [3]
It is found in Acacia - Commiphora bushland, growing in deep sands and alluvial soils left behind by flowing water. It also grows in gypsaceous soils and on limestone, and it is distributed across a wide range of altitudes, from sea level up to 1150 m high. [1] [2]
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