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How to Grow
Water
Low
Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Dec
Plant Type
Shrub, Succulent, Stem up to 2 ft. high, much swollen at the base
Lifespan
Perennial
Flower
Clusters or orangish-red flowers have both male and female blooms. Blooms off and on most of the year., Flowers red
Fruit
Oval green capsule matures to brown with 2-4 seeds, Fruit ellipsoid-ovoid, trilobate, 1.5 cm. long, 1.3 cm. diameter, ± truncate at the apex, dehiscing both septicidally and loculicidally.
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Taxonomy
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Jatropha
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