Jatropha Species, Bellyache Bush, Black Physicnut, Cotton-Leaf Physicnut

Beautiful plant, but a weed, nevertheless! It shoots its seeds all over the place. It kind of sounds like caps being struck and the next ...Read Morething, it is a hurling seeds through the air. I have been pulling this plant for 4 years and I still get one occasionally peeking its head through the mulch. I prefer a Jatropha tree over this plant that was originally given to me.

this plant grows in my delhi and rajasthan homes in india. in soil it can become a medium sized tree. i keep it outside my kitchen as my ...Read Moreformer housekeeper treated a deep cut from a knife to his hand with sap of this plant. it immediately stopped the spurting blood flow.

I first got one of these plants at a plant sale at the local cactus and succulent society. It was planted on the clubhouse grounds and I ...Read Morenoticed it had seeded itself around. So I decided to keep it in a pot on the patio. It has not seeded itself anywhere in the 3 or 4 years I've had it. I really like the look of it.

I love trying to grow Jatrophas in So Cal, and this is one that did better than expected. It turned into a gorgeous little tree about 3'...Read More tall and with 30+ little twisted branches... sort of like a big bonsai tree. Then it produced lots of little flowers and the next thing I know it's everywhere. It is a very easy weed to pull up, but it has become a weed, nontheless. And it's a really sticky, gooed plant to prune. It also doesn't take watering heavily in the winter (the main plant rotted about 4 years after growing)... but LOVES water in the summer (got a 3' tree from a seed in just 1 growing season)... and more weed spread from there. The garden is now hopeless inundated with this Jatropha, and though I still like it's looks, don't really want it everywhere. Careful when planting this in a warm climate.

This is a container grown plant but lives outdoors in central Florida. It dropped some leaves when the temperature got down to 32 for a ...Read Moreshort time. It quickly recovered, and is blooming now (May and June).

Very beautiful plant. It grows spontaneously in an abandoned area near my home. The contrast between the purple leaves and green fruits i...Read Mores something special. It grows in aired, a bit salty and poor soil, I don't know if it does well in other conditions, though. It has glands all over its body and around the leaves (which has also a hairy texture)