Biology:Jatropha elliptica

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Jatropha elliptica
Jatropha elliptica.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Jatropha
Species:
J. elliptica
Binomial name
Jatropha elliptica
(Pohl) Oken
Synonyms[1]
  • Jatropha elliptica var. guaranitica Adenoropium ellipticum
  • Pohl (Mart.) Mart.
  • Chodat & Hassl. Jatropha lacertii
  • Jatropha eglandulosa Silva Manso
  • Adenoropium opiferum Pax
  • Mart. Jatropha opifera

Jatropha elliptica is a species of flowering plant, a shrub in the family Euphorbiaceae.[2]

The species is native to Bolivia, Brazil , and Paraguay.[1]

It is used in folk medicine to treat itches, snake bites, syphilis, ulcer, urinary discharge, neoplasia, and abdominal issues.[3] Studies on the species have shown it has chemical and medicinal properties.[4] Like one study stated this species has antibothropic and anti-inflammatory properties.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Jatropha elliptica" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/350232-1. 
  2. Koul, Bhupendra (2020-01-07) (in en). Herbs for Cancer Treatment. Springer Nature. pp. 600. ISBN 978-981-329-147-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=AdjIDwAAQBAJ&q=Jatropha+elliptica&pg=PA600. 
  3. "WFO Monographs Details - The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium". http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/world-flora/monographs-details/?irn=20383. 
  4. Ferreira-Rodrigues, Sára Cósta; Rodrigues, Cássio Milhomens; Dos Santos, Marcio Galdino; Gautuz, Jean Antonio Abraham; Silva, Magali Glauzer; Cogo, José Carlos; Batista-Silva, Camila; Dos Santos, Cleiton Pita et al. (December 2016). "Anti-Inflammatory and Antibothropic Properties of Jatropha Elliptica, a Plant from Brazilian Cerrado Biome". Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin 6 (4): 573–579. doi:10.15171/apb.2016.071. ISSN 2228-5881. PMID 28101464. 

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