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痲瘋樹屬落葉喬木或灌木，原產中、南美洲熱帶地區。全株含半透明狀白色乳汁。​樹皮灰白，薄而易剝落。互生闊心形葉，多叢生於枝條先端，全緣或3~5淺裂或角 ...

學名：Jatropha curcas L.

英名：Physic Nut、Barbados Nut

別名：麻風樹、臭油桐、野油桐、小桐子、亮桐、南洋油桐

痲瘋樹屬落葉喬木或灌木，原產中、南美洲熱帶地區。全株含半透明狀白色乳汁。樹皮灰白，薄而易剝落。互生闊心形葉，多叢生於枝條先端，全緣或3~5淺裂或角稜狀。花小，白色或淡黃色，雌雄異花同株，呈頂生及腋生的聚繖花序排列，雌花無花瓣，花期4~6月。蒴果長橢圓形，先端圓鈍，乾燥後裂開，內有種子1~3粒。種子長橢圓形，黑褐色。果期9~12月。

A deciduous tree or shrub in the genus Jatropha, native to tropical regions of Central and South America. The whole plant contains translucent white fluid. Bark gray, thin and easily exfoliated. Leaves alternate, broadly heart-shaped, mostly tufted at the apex of the branches, entire or with 3 to 5 lobes or angular-ribbed. Flowers small, white or pale yellow, monoecious, arranged in terminal and axillary cymes. Female flowers without petals, flowering from April to June. Capsule oblong, apex rounded and obtuse, dehiscent after...