Jatropha

Accepted species 177 Documented here 37 Family Euphorbiaceae

Accepted species 177 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Jatropha gossypiifolia L. 317 documented
Jatropha dioica Sessé 291 documented
Jatropha cinerea (Ortega) Müll.Arg. 145 documented
Jatropha cuneata Wiggins & Rollins 133 documented
Jatropha curcas L. 133 documented
Jatropha integerrima Jacq. 108 documented
Jatropha cardiophylla (Torr.) Müll.Arg. 103 documented
Jatropha macrorhiza Benth. 80 documented
Jatropha podagrica Hook. 56 documented
Jatropha multifida L. 52 documented
Jatropha capensis (L.f.) Sond. 27 documented
Jatropha glandulifera Roxb. 21 documented
Jatropha peltata Sessé 18 documented
Jatropha cathartica Terán & Berland. 16 documented
Jatropha hippocastanifolia Croizat 16 documented
Jatropha unicostata Balf.f. 15 documented
Jatropha cordata (Ortega) Müll.Arg. 14 documented
Jatropha oaxacana J.Jiménez Ram. & R.Torres 13 documented
Jatropha vernicosa Brandegee 13 documented
Jatropha grossidentata Pax & K.Hoffm. 12 documented
Jatropha elliptica (Pohl) Oken 11 documented
Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill. 10 documented
Jatropha standleyi Steyerm. ex Standl. 10 documented
Jatropha chamelensis Pérez-Jim. 9 documented
Jatropha macrocarpa Griseb. 9 documented
Jatropha zeyheri Sond. 9 documented
Jatropha latifolia Pax 8 documented
Jatropha gaumeri Greenm. 6 documented
Jatropha excisa Griseb. 5 documented
Jatropha humboldtiana McVaugh 5 documented
Jatropha hieronymi Kuntze 4 documented
Jatropha macrantha Müll.Arg. 4 documented
Jatropha nudicaulis Benth. 4 documented
Jatropha schlechteri Pax 4 documented
Jatropha erythropoda Pax & K.Hoffm. 3 documented
Jatropha heynei N.P.Balakr. 3 documented
Jatropha weberbaueri Pax & K.Hoffm. 3 documented
Jatropha dehganii J.Jiménez Ram. 2 below the evidence gate
Jatropha neopauciflora Pax 2 below the evidence gate
Jatropha variifolia Pax 2 below the evidence gate
Jatropha chevalieri Beille 1 below the evidence gate
Jatropha mahafalensis Jum. & H.Perrier 1 below the evidence gate
Jatropha moranii Dehgan & G.L.Webster 1 below the evidence gate
Jatropha × ceballosii Fern.Casas 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha aceroides Hutch. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha aethiopica Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha afrotuberosa Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha alamanii Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha andrieuxii Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha angustifolia Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha aspleniifolia Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha atacorensis A.Chev. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha augusti Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha bartlettii Wilbur 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha baumii Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha botswanica Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha breviloba (Morong) Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha brockmanii Hutch. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha bullockii E.J.Lott 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha calcarea Fern.Casas 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha campestris S.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha canescens (Benth.) Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha ciliata Sessé 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha clavuligera Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha collina Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha confusa Hutch. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha contrerasii J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gord. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha conzattii J.Jiménez Ram. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha costaricensis G.L.Webster & Poveda 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha crinita Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha decipiens M.E.Jones 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha decumbens Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha dhofarica Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha dichtar J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha dissecta (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha divaricata Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha elbae J.Jiménez Ram. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha ellenbeckii Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha euarguta M.G.Gilbert & Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha fremontioides Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha gallabatensis Schweinf. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha galvanii J.Jiménez Ram. & L.M.Contr. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha giffordiana Dehgan & G.L.Webster 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha glauca Vahl 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha glaucovirens Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha guaranitica Speg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha hastifolia Fern.Casas 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha hernandiifolia Vent. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha hildebrandtii Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha hirsuta Hochst. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha horizontalis M.G.Gilbert 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha humifusa Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha hypogyna Radcl.-Sm. & Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha inaequispina Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha intermedia Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha isabellei Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha jaimejimenezii V.W.Steinm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha kamerunica Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha krusei J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gord. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha lagarinthoides Sond. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha longibracteata A.S.Moreira & Carn.-Torres 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha loristipula Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha macrophylla Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha maheshwarii Subr. & M.P.Nayar 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha malacophylla Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha marginata Chiov. & Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha marmorata Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha martiusii Baill. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha mcvaughii Dehgan & G.L.Webster 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha melanosperma Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha microdonta Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha mirandana J.Jiménez Ram. & K.Vega 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha miskatensis Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha mollis Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha monroi S.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha mutabilis (Pohl) Baill. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha nana Dalzell & A.Gibson 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha natalensis Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha neriifolia Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha nogalensis Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha obbiadensis Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha oblanceolata Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha orangeana Dinter ex P.G.Mey. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha ortegae Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pachypoda Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pachyrrhiza Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha paganuccii A.S.Moreira & Carn.-Torres 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha palmatifida Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha palmatipartita Dehgan 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha paradoxa (Chiov.) Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pauciflora Wright ex Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha paxii Croizat 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pedersenii Lourteig 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha peiranoi Lourteig & O'Donell 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pelargoniifolia Courbon 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pereziae J.Jiménez Ram. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha phillipseae Rendle 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha prunifolia Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha prunifolia Pax ex Engl. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha pseudocurcas Müll.Arg. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha purpurea Rose 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha ribifolia (Pohl) Baill. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha riojae Miranda 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha rivae Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha robecchii Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha rosea Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha rufescens Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha rzedowskii J.Jiménez Ram. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha scaposa Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha schweinfurthii Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha seineri Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha somalensis Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha sotoi-nunyezii Fern.Casas & E.Martínez 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha spicata Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha spinosa Vahl 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha spinosissima Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha stephanii J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gord. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha stevensii G.L.Webster 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha stuhlmannii Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha sympetala Standl. & S.F.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tanjorensis J.L.Ellis & Saroja 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tehuantepecana J.Jiménez Ram. & A.Campos 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tenuicaulis Thulin 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tetracantha Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tlalcozotitlanensis J.Jiménez Ram. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha trifida Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tropaeolifolia Pax 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha tupifolia Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha uncinulata Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha variabilis Radcl.-Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha variegata Vahl 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha velutina Pax & K.Hoffm. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha villosa Wight 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha websteri J.Jiménez Ram. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha weddeliana Baill. 0 below the evidence gate
Jatropha woodii Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.