佛肚树Jatropha podagrica Hook.
佛肚树Jatropha podagrica Hook.
2.佛肚树（广州植物志）
Jatropha podagrica Hook. in Curt. Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4376, 1848; Muell, Arg. in DC. Prod, 15 (2): 1093. 1866; Pax in Engl. Pflanunr. 42 (IV. 147. I): 44.1910;广州植物志272: 1956; Airy Shaw in Kew Bull. 26: 284. 1972.
直立灌木，不分枝或少分枝，高0.3-1.5米，茎基部或下部通常膨大呈瓶状；枝条粗短，肉质，具散生突起皮孔，叶痕大且明显。叶盾状着生，轮廓近圆形至阔椭圆形，长8-18厘米，宽6-16厘米，顶端圆钝，基部截形或钝圆，全缘或2-6浅裂，上面亮绿色，下面灰绿色，两面无毛；掌状脉6-8，其中上部3条直达叶缘；叶柄长8-16厘米，无毛；托叶分裂呈刺状，宿存。花序顶生，具长总梗，分枝短，红色，花萼长约2毫米，裂片近圆形，长约1毫米；花瓣倒卵状长圆形，长约6毫米，红色；雄花：雄蕊6-8枚，基部合生，花药与花丝近等长；雌花：子房无毛，花柱3枚，基部合生，顶端2裂。蒴果椭圆状，长13-18毫米，直径约15毫米，具3纵沟；种子长约1.1厘米，平滑。花期几全年。
原产中美洲或南美洲热带地区；现作为观赏植物栽培。我国许多省区园林部门及花卉爱好亦有栽培。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 11 (2008)
Jatropha podagrica Hooker
佛肚树 fo du shu
Erect shrubs to 2 m tall, with woody stem swollen at base or lower part; branches stout and short, fleshy, sparsely lenticellate. Stipules spiniform, persistent leaf scar large and prominent; petiole 8-10 cm, glabrous; leaf blade peltate, rotund to elliptic, 8-18(-25) × 6-16 cm, nitid green adaxially, gray-green abaxially, glabrous on both surfaces, base truncate or obtuse, margin entire or shallowly 2-6-lobed, apex obtuse; palmate veins 6-8. Inflorescences terminal, long pedunculate, branching short, red; calyx ca. 2 mm; sepals rotund, ca. 1 mm; petals obovate-oblong, ca. 6 mm, red; stamens 6-8, connate at base; anthers nearly as long as filaments; ovary glabrous; styles 3, connate at base, bifid at apex. Capsules ellipsoidal, 1.3-1.8 × ca. 1.5 cm, with 3 longitudinal grooves. Seeds ca. 1.1 cm, smooth. Fl. and fr. almost throughout year.
Cultivated for medicine and ornamental purposes. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [native to Central America; widely introduced].
All parts are used as medicine for reduction of swelling, for pain relief, and to detoxify snakebites.
别名：大头海棠;惠阳独脚莲;嘛烘孃;珊瑚如意;
科名：大戟科 Euphorbiaceae
属名：麻风树属 Jatropha
2.佛肚树（广州植物志）
Jatropha podagrica Hook. in Curt. Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4376, 1848; Muell, Arg. in DC. Prod, 15 (2): 1093. 1866; Pax in Engl. Pflanunr. 42 (IV. 147. I): 44.1910;广州植物志272: 1956; Airy Shaw in Kew Bull. 26: 284. 1972.
直立灌木，不分枝或少分枝，高0.3-1.5米，茎基部或下部通常膨大呈瓶状；枝条粗短，肉质，具散生突起皮孔，叶痕大且明显。叶盾状着生，轮廓近圆形至阔椭圆形，长8-18厘米，宽6-16厘米，顶端圆钝，基部截形或钝圆，全缘或2-6浅裂，上面亮绿色，下面灰绿色，两面无毛；掌状脉6-8，其中上部3条直达叶缘；叶柄长8-16厘米，无毛；托叶分裂呈刺状，宿存。花序顶生，具长总梗，分枝短，红色，花萼长约2毫米，裂片近圆形，长约1毫米；花瓣倒卵状长圆形，长约6毫米，红色；雄花：雄蕊6-8枚，基部合生，花药与花丝近等长；雌花：子房无毛，花柱3枚，基部合生，顶端2裂。蒴果椭圆状，长13-18毫米，直径约15毫米，具3纵沟；种子长约1.1厘米，平滑。花期几全年。
原产中美洲或南美洲热带地区；现作为观赏植物栽培。我国许多省区园林部门及花卉爱好亦有栽培。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 11 (2008)
Jatropha podagrica Hooker
佛肚树 fo du shu
Erect shrubs to 2 m tall, with woody stem swollen at base or lower part; branches stout and short, fleshy, sparsely lenticellate. Stipules spiniform, persistent leaf scar large and prominent; petiole 8-10 cm, glabrous; leaf blade peltate, rotund to elliptic, 8-18(-25) × 6-16 cm, nitid green adaxially, gray-green abaxially, glabrous on both surfaces, base truncate or obtuse, margin entire or shallowly 2-6-lobed, apex obtuse; palmate veins 6-8. Inflorescences terminal, long pedunculate, branching short, red; calyx ca. 2 mm; sepals rotund, ca. 1 mm; petals obovate-oblong, ca. 6 mm, red; stamens 6-8, connate at base; anthers nearly as long as filaments; ovary glabrous; styles 3, connate at base, bifid at apex. Capsules ellipsoidal, 1.3-1.8 × ca. 1.5 cm, with 3 longitudinal grooves. Seeds ca. 1.1 cm, smooth. Fl. and fr. almost throughout year.
Cultivated for medicine and ornamental purposes. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [native to Central America; widely introduced].
All parts are used as medicine for reduction of swelling, for pain relief, and to detoxify snakebites.