Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm.

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Ponta Sitone, Bazaruto Island, Vilanculos District

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Status:	Native
Description:	Completely hairless shrub up to 4 m tall. Leaves up to 12 × 13.5 cm, palmately 5-lobed when mature, leathery, deeply cordate at the base; lateral veins 12-14 pairs per lobe, looping back on to each other before the entire margin; petiole 4 - 6.5 cm long. Inflorescences in terminal flattened heads, up to 10 cm long. Flowers unisexual, greenish tinged pink. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, c. 1.7 × 1.5 cm,finely wrinkled and covered with small wart-like protuberances.
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Derivation of specific name:	subaequiloba: with lobes of almost the same size, referring to the leaves
Habitat:	In coastal dune vegetation and freshwater marshy areas
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Worldwide distribution:	Bazaruto Island, Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	GI
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 2 February 2010
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 459. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 84. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 262.

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