Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Jatropha multifida
Edible : Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Oil, Caution
A tree like shrub. It is succulent and keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 7 m high and spread to 4 m across. The stem is simple and has few branches. The stem is stocky and 3-6 cm thick. The leaves are rounded and with 7-15 lobes. This means the leaves are finely divided. The leaves are 20-40 cm across and leaflets 4-8 cm across. The flowers are small and bright red. They are on long stalks and many occur together. The flowers are 5 mm across. The fruit is a capsule 3-4 cm across. They contain up to 3 seeds.
Distribution : A tropical plant. Seed need temperatures above 24°C and plants need temperatures above 10°C. Plants are damaged by frost. They need well drained fertile soil. It suits hardiness zones 10-12. In XTBG Yunnan