Common name: Peregrina, Spicy jatropha
Botanical name: Jatropha integerrima Family: Euphorbiaceae (castor family)
Peregrina is an evergreen shrub or small tree, native to Cuba, with glossy leaves and clusters
of star shaped bright scarlet or vermilion flowers. The plant has a rounded or
narrow domed form and gets up to 15 ft tall with a spread of 10 ft
or so, although in cultivation it is usually smaller. Peregrina often
grows shrublike with several slender trunks, but it can be pruned to a single
trunk. The leaves are extremely variable; they may be entire and elliptic or
oval, or they may be fiddle shaped, or they may have three sharp pointed
lobes. Peregrina often grows shrublike with several slender trunks, but it can
be pruned to a single trunk. The leaves are extremely variable; they may be
entire and elliptic or oval, or they may be fiddle shaped, or they may have
three sharp pointed lobes. They are bronze when young and brownish on the
undersides. The flowers are about 1 in across and borne in
multi-flowered terminal clusters almost all year round.
| Photographed in Sundar Nursery,
Delhi |
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ntroduced