Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 051.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 053.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 056.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 050.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 054.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 052.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 048.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 055.jpg
Jatropha podagrica, not coll.--Nicaragua. Esteli. Rd to Miraflores, N of Esteli. 17 Jun 08. 049.jpg
Native to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua; introduced into Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hawaii, India, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Nicaragua, Matagalpa (Matagalpa)
12.996944, -85.908889
Location Remarks
Hotel Selva Negra; artificial pond near gate, below restaurant. 1250 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Jatropha
Specific Epithet
podagrica
Authorship
Hook.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#99,359 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
10%
