Euphorbiaceae
Goutystalk nettlespurge
Jatropha podagrica
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Jatropha
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bangla
- বুদ্ধপেটি জয়তী
- Burmese
- တစ်ပင်ရွှေထီး၊ အပင်, တစ်ပင်ရွှေထီး
- Chinese
- 佛肚树, 珊瑚油桐, 佛杜树
- Czech
- Dávivec odulý
- English
- Goutystalk nettlespurge, Buddha belly plant, Bottleplant shrub, Gout plant, Guatemalan rhubarb
- Indonesian
- Jarak bali
- Japanese
- サンゴアブラギリ
- Javanese
- Jarak bali
- Malayalam
- ജട്രോഫ പൊഡഗ്രിക
- Sinhala
- විෂ්කුම්භ
- Thai
- หนุมานนั่งแท่น
- Vietnamese
- Dầu lai lá sen, Ngô đồng cảnh
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.