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86 EuPHoRBIACEAE SMlTHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Hyeronimo clusiodcs sensu Uhan, 1905,4:341, “Hyeronimio,)) nm (’blame)
J. Mueller.
Hyeronimo coriinaeo Urban, 1919c:139.
Tree to 20 m; most parts densely lepidote; stipules
foliaceous, composed of petiole-like structure 3-6 mm long
and an expanded blade-like structure to 1 cm long; leaf-blade
ovate, to 21 cm x 12.5 cm, obtuse; fruit drupaceous, 2-3 mm
long.
Central America, northern South America into southern
Antilles; cited for Dominica by Urban (1919c:139) based on a
male Ramage specimen from Layou (Laiou) as type.
Jatropha Linnaeus
Jatropha integerrim Jacquin, with minute stipules, panduriform
leaves and bright red petals, is a Cuban species cultivated
in Dominica: Roseau Botanic Garden (Hodge 959, 3910,
3932).
Jatropha rnultifida Linnaeus, a neotropical species with
stipules dissected into setaceous, eglandular segments and
palmately 7-13-lobed leaves, is cultivated in Dominica and
may escape: Canefield (Nicolson 2153), Roseau Botanic
Garden (Hodge 3929).
Jatropha podugrica W. Hooker, a Central American species
with fimbriate, glandular stipules, peltate, suborbicular leaves,
and red petals was once collected in the Roseau Botanic Garden
(Fairchild s.n.).
1. Leaves eglandular, entire to shallowly 3-lobed, capsule
glabrous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. curcas
1. Leaves (margin, petiole & stipules) with viscid glands;
capsule pubescent . , . . . . . . . . . . . J. gossypitfolia
Jatropha curcas
Jotropha curcos Lhnaeus. 1753:1006.--Dehgan and Webster, 197952.
Shrub or tree to 5 m; stipules minute, quickly deciduous;
leaf-blade glabrous or with a few hairs on veins beneath,
cordate at base, to 15 cm wide; petals greenish or yellowish
white; capsule to 4 cm x 2 cm.
Probably native to Central America but widely distributed in
tropics and hedge or medicinal plant and escaping; in Dominica
locally common in dry scrub thickets of west coast to 60 m and
cultivated by Caribs: Bataca (Stehle 6379), Grand Savanne
(Wilbur 7658), Salybia (Hodge 3207), Scotts Head (Ernst
1329, Hodge 1607, Nicolson 1997, Webster 13442, Wilbur
7591).
Seeds of this, and the following species, are used by the
Caribs as an emetic or purgative (Hodge and Taylor,
1957573). Adjanohoun et al. (1985101, pl. 67) indicated
limited medicinal use.
Jatropha gossypitfolia
Jotropho gossypiifoIia Linnaeus, 1753:1006, “gossipifollia”.-Dehgan
&
Webster, 197954.
Menoropiwn gossypiifoliwn (Linnaeus) Pohl, 1826, 1 :15, “gossypifoliwn.”
Medicinier blanc, medicinier noir, medicinier rouge, physic
nut.
Shrub or tree to 3 m; stipules dissected, glanduliferous,
persistent; petioles with branched, viscid glands along their
length, leaf-blades pubescent above and beneath, ciliate with
unbranched stipitate glands, to 15 cm wide, 3-5-lobed; petals
purplish red; capsule to 1 cm in diameter.
Widespread in disturbed areas of the New World and
introduced into the Old World; in Dominica in dry scrub
thickets of west coast and cultivated by the Caribs: Bataca
(StehlC 6363), Goodwill (NicoIson 2142, Wilbur 7583), Grand
Savanne (Ernst 1886, Hodge 3779), Point Ronde (Hodge
2739), Salisbury (Whitefoord 4527), Salybia (Hodge 3208),
Scotts Head (Hodge 1611, Nicolson 1996, Webster 13439,
Wilbur 7597), sine loc. [Salybia?] (Taylor 131,132).
Margaritaria Linnaeus f.
Margaritaria nobilis
Morgoritorio nobilis Linnaeus f., 1782:428.-Webster, 1979:412.
Cicco ontillono Adr. Jussieu, 1824108.
Phyllonrhus ontillonus (Adr. Jussieu) J. Mueller, 186351,
Phyllonfhus nobilis (Linnaeus f.) J. Muellerin A.P. Candolle, 1866, 15(2):414.
Morgaritorio nobilis var. ontillono (Adr. Jussieu) Stehle & Quentin in Stehle et
al., 1937, 1:47.
Mille branche.
Dioecious tree to 15 m; leaves elliptic, acuminate, to 14 cm
x 4 cm; flowers fasciculate or borne singly on a short raceme;
styles (3)4-5, each bifid; fruiting pedicel to 1.3 cm long:
capsule 6-7 mm diameter; seeds with fleshy, bluish green coat.
Neotropics; in Dominica common in coast scrub thickets and
inland forests to 500 m: Cabrits (Howard 11752), Calibishie
(Hodge 3161), Carholm Estate (Ernst 2949), Delices (Whitefoord
3772), Hatton Garden (Hodge 3076), Morne Colla
Anglais (Webster 13432), Ridgefield Estate (Hodge 3899),
Salybia (Hodge 3202), South Chiltern (Ernst 1872, Stern
2527), Sylvania (Wilbur 7714), Syndicate (DHN!), sine loc.
(Fishlock 81).
Phyllanthus Linnaeus
Phyllanthus acidus (Linnaeus) Skeels, “acida,” monoecious
trees to 10 m with broadly ovate-lanceolate leaves 5-9 cm long
and edible drupes to 2.5 cm long (called goosebemes) is
introduced into Dominica: roadside east of Roseau (Nicolson
4141).
Excluded Species of Phyllanthus
Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus Linnaeus, known from Guadeloupe
and Martinique, has been attributed to Dominica by
VClez (1957:90). This is a very large and distinctive species: a
shrub to 2.5 m, without true leaves but the branchlets flattened