Jatropha hirsuta

Botanical Description

Jatropha hirsuta is a herbaceous perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist. The usually unbranched stems are up to 30cm tall, growing from a stout, woody rootstock[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.