Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Jatropha glauca
Jatropha glauca
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Jatropha glauca is a little-branched shrub growing up to 1 metre tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It has potential as a moluscicidal, for use in controlling the vectores of schistosomiasis.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia; Arabian Peninsula - Yemen, Saudi Arabia.
HabitatOpen bush land, extending to semi-desert conditions, on lava and limestone, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,000 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].