Plant Details

Accepted name:: Jatropha dioica Sessé [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Jatropha dioica var. dioica

Jatropha dioica var. graminea McVaugh

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
drago	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
leatherstem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
leatherwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rubber plant	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
sangre de drago	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sangre de grado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	fresh root	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
stem		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Jatropha dioica Cerv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Jatropha dioica Sess.	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Jatropha dioica Sesse	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Jatropha dioica Sessé	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Jatropha dioica Sesé ex Cerv.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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