Hanuman sitting on a pedestal

Local name: Wan Luet (center)/Treed head sitting on a pedestal (Prachuap Khiri Khan)

Common name: Gout plant/ Tartogo

Scientific name: Jatropha podagrica Hook.

Genus Jatropha

podagrica species

Family name EUPHORBIACEAE

Botanical characteristics

Stems: shrub 1.5-3.0 m tall, with clear sap, swelled stems at the base.

Leaves are simple, alternating, oval, 5-15 cm long and wide, heart-shaped base, 3-5 lobed concave margins, smooth leaf blades, 10 cm long petiole.

Flowers: sexes separated, flowers in semi-cascading inflorescences, up to 26 cm long, inflorescence axis up to 20 cm long, with triangular bracts, 2 mm long. Male flowers, sepals 0.6 mm long, oval petals, width 2.0. cm., 5-6 cm long, stamens attached to the base, female flowers, calyx oval, 2 mm long, petals 6-7 mm long.

Fruit oval shaped, smooth surface, divided into 3 lobes, diameter 1.5 cm., rounded tip, young fruit green, dry fruit does not crack.

Seeds are oval-shaped, 6 mm wide, 1.2 mm long, covered with white tissue.

Ecological conditions

outdoor, shade

ecological conditions

Found at an altitude of 800 m above sea level.

Place of origin

Central America

Distribution

Central America Honduras Nicaragua

Planting and propagation

Plant seeds

Utilization type

herbs, ornamental plants

Lanna folk medicine uses latex to treat knife wounds, stop bleeding, and treat abscesses.

The seeds contain phorbol esters, which are toxic like jatropha. Seed extract with petroleum ether Has good antifungal effect.

Origin : https://www.royalparkrajapruek.org/Plants