Purging Nut, Jatropha podagrica, Euphorbiaceae. Central America and southern Mexico.

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Purging Nut, Jatropha podagrica, Euphorbiaceae. Central America and southern Mexico. Jatropha podagrica is a species of flowering, caudiciform succulent plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is native to the neotropics of Central America and southern Mexico. Common names for the species include gout-plant, gout-stalk, Guatemalan rhubarb, coral-plant, Buddha-belly plant, purging-nut, physic-nut, goutystalk nettlespurge, Australian bottleplant (a geographical misnomer) and tartogo. All parts of the plant are considered toxic, in particular the seeds.

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Location: Central America and southern Mexico.
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