Taxon: Jatropha dioica Sessé

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• leatherstem   (Source: F Tex ) – English
  
• leatherwood   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• sangre de drago   (Source: F Tex ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide F Valle Mexico; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury)
  

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View toxicology references for Jatropha dioica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Oaxaca

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. [= J. dioica Sessé ex Cerv., with two varieties].
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• McVaugh, R. 2000. Botanical results of the Sessé & Mociño expedition (1787-1803). Vii. A guide to relevant scientific names of plants. 236.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979–. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Jatropha dioica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Jatropha dioica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Jatropha dioica.

Synonyms:

• (=) Jatropha spathulata (Ortega) Müll. Arg.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Mozinna spathulata Ortega
  

Check other web resources for Jatropha dioica Sessé:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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