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|accepted_name=Jatropha multifida
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1006. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Coral plant;French physic or physic nut;yucca
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Jatropha;Jatropha multifida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jatropha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Jatropha multifida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 199
|treatment_page=page 201
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, to 7 m, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, yellow-brown, sparsely branched, woody-succulent, glabrous; short shoots absent; latex viscous, cloudy-whitish. <b>Leaves</b> persistent or drought-deciduous, mostly borne on or near branch tips; stipules persistent, (3–)6–15(–25) mm, filiform-divided; petiole 11–29 cm, not stipitate-glandular; blade ovate-cordate in outline, 16–30 × 10–22 cm, deeply 9–11-lobed nearly to base, base rounded, margins incised, apex acuminate, membranous, surfaces glabrous; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, terminal and subterminal, cymes; peduncle 12–30 cm; bracts 2–4.5 mm, margins entire, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 3.5–6 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals connate to 1/2 length, ovate, 1.5–3 × 1–1.2 mm, margins entire, apex round, surfaces glabrous; corolla orange-red, campanulate, petals distinct, 5–7 × 2.5–3 mm, surfaces glabrous; stamens 8 in 1 whorl; filaments distinct, 2.2–2.5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers resembling staminate, but sepals 2–3.5 × 1.1–1.3 mm; petals 6–8.2 × 2–3.2 mm; carpels (1–)3; styles distinct, 1–1.2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoidal, winged, 3–3.4 × 2.7–2.9 cm, tardily dehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> yellow to light brown, mottled with dark brown spots or stripes, spheric, 14–18 mm; caruncle rudimentary. <b>2n</b> = 22 (Puerto Rico).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>The geographical origin of <i>Jatropha multifida</i> cannot be determined with certainty; it is probably native to the West Indies. The species is widely cultivated throughout the tropics as an ornamental and has escaped and naturalized in many areas, including central and southern Florida.</p>
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name=Jatropha multifida
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Jatropha
|species=Jatropha multifida
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