Euphorbiaceae
Bellyache bush
Jatropha gossypiifolia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Jatropha
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- يطروفة قطنية الأوراق
- arz
- يطروفه قطنية الاوراق
- Bambara
- Sanpɛrɛnjiri
- Bangla
- লাল ভেরেন্ডা
- Chinese
- 棉叶珊瑚花, 棉葉珊瑚花, 棉叶珊瑚, 红叶麻疯树
- Czech
- Dávivec bavlníkolistý
- English
- Bellyache bush
- Filipino
- Lansi-lansinaan
- gor
- Bintalo mela
- guc
- Eechuwaa
- Haitian Creole
- Barachen, Medsiyen barachèn
- Indonesian
- Jarak merah
- Javanese
- Jarak Cina
- Malayalam
- ചുവന്ന കടലാവണക്ക്
- Odia
- ବାଇଗବ, ଦୁମଜଡ଼
- pap
- Seida
- Spanish
- Sibidigua, Tua tua
- Tamil
- காட்டாமணக்கு
- Thai
- สบู่แดง
Synonyms
- Adenoropium gossypiifolium (L.) Pohl
- Jatropha elegans Kl.
- Jatropha gossypiifolia var. typica Chodat & Hassl.
- Manihot gossypiifolia (L.) Crantz
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 1,137 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scaup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.