산호유동

학명: Jatropha podagrica Hook.

분류: 대극과(Euphorbiaceae)

학명 풀이:

Jatropha:  그리스어 iatrós ‘doctor, trophé ’food‘( 약성이 있는 것을 의미)

podagrica: Foot swollen(줄기의 기부가 비대한 것을 가리킴)

영명: Buddha belly (plant), Coral nut, gout plant, purging-nut

국내명: 산호유동

원산지: 중앙아메리카

사진: 인천대공원

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

아래 : 2022.07.23 서울식물원

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

참조: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/JATROPHA_PODAGRICA.htm

줄기 밑 부분 사진 참조:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Jatropha.jpg

꽃 사진 참조: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2009/01/jatropha_podagrica.php

 

 

위키 설명

 

Jatropha podagrica is a succulent plant in the family Euphorbiaceae.[2][3] It is native to the tropical Americas but is grown as an ornamental plant in many parts of the world due to its unusual appearance. Common names include Gout Plant, Gout Stalk, Guatemalan Rhubarb, Coral Plant, Buddha Belly Plant, Purging-Nut, Physic Nut, Goutystalk Nettlespurge, Australian Bottle Plant, and Tartogo.[4][5][6][7]

 

 

Description

J. podagrica is a caudiciform perennial herb growing up to 1 metre (3 feet) tall.[4][5][6] The grey-green, knobby, swollen caudex has a bottle-like appearance, giving rise to some of the common names. Leaves are held on long fleshy yet stout petioles which emerge from the tip of the stem and radiate in all directions. Leaves are peltate and 3 or 5 lobed. Dense clusters of small, orange-red, flowers are held above the leaves on long slim peduncles. The clusters carry both male and female flowers and flowering continues for most of the year.[4][5][8] Fruit are green capsules at first, becoming blackish-brown at maturity, when they explode and scatter their seeds up to 4 metres (13 feet) away.[5][6]

 

When cut, the plant exudes a copious sticky sap which may cause dermatitis on contact.[8]