Euphorbiaceae
Physicnut
Jatropha cuneata
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Jatropha
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Physicnut
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jose Luis Leon de la Luz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Adrian Bojorquez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Enrique Martínez Núñez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.