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|accepted_name=Hura crepitans
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1008. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Hura;Hura crepitans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hura]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hura crepitans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 231
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 30 m; latex copious, caustic. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules leaving scar around stem, 6–10 × 2–4 mm; petiole 10–20 cm, glands 2 adaxially at apex; blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, 10–25 × 8–15 cm, base cordate, margins crenate-serrulate with 10–20 teeth on each side, apex acuminate; midvein and secondary veins prominent. <b>Staminate</b> inflorescences: peduncle (2–)5–10(–15) cm, fertile portion 2–5 cm, 60–80-flowered; staminate bracts membranaceous, enclosing flowers prior to anthesis. <b>Pedicels</b>: pistillate 1–5 cm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx cup-shaped, 1 mm, 3–5-lobed; staminal column to 2.5 mm, anthers usually in 2, rarely in 3, whorls. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers red; calyx cup-shaped, 3–5(–8) mm, 5-lobed; style 30–50 mm, terminating in thick apical disc 1 cm diam. with 5–20 radiating lobes 5–10 mm. <b>Capsules</b> depressed-globose, 3–5 × 6–10 cm. <b>Seeds</b> brownish, 15–20 mm diam., 5–8 mm thick, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–May; fruiting (Mar–)May–Sep.
|habitat=Hammocks and disturbed ground.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;Central America;South America;widely cultivated and often escaped throughout tropical regions of the world.
|discussion=<p>In the flora area, <i>Hura crepitans</i> is found only in Miami-Dade and Monroe (Keys only) counties. The capsules dehisce explosively, producing a loud sound and throwing the seeds up to 45 m (M. D. Swain and T. Beer 1977).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Hura crepitans
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–May; fruiting (Mar–)May–Sep.
|habitat=Hammocks and disturbed ground.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;Central America;South America;widely cultivated and often escaped throughout tropical regions of the world.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Hura
|species=Hura crepitans
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