JATROPHA NANA

This member of the Euphorbiaceae family was given this name by Nicol Alexander Dalzell and George Stacey Gibson in 1861. It is found in the Pune area in western India and Rajnagar in the most eastern India, growing in a rich but well drained soil with quite some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to eight centimetres in diameter, 25 centimetres long, the entire plant to 45 centimetres in height. The flowers are yellowish.

The genera name from the Greek words ἰατρός; iatros, meaning 'physician', and τροφή; trophe meaning 'nutrition', as to medicinal uses. The species name means "small". Habitat by Ashishnerlekar, Inaturalist.nz. The leaves by Rajib Maulick, Inaturalist.nz. The flowers by Dr. Satish Phadke, Efloraofindia.