piñón vs piñón negro

Jatropha curcas compared with Jatropha gossypiifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	piñón	piñón negro
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family same	Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus same	Jatropha	Jatropha
Species	Jatropha curcas	Jatropha gossypiifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

piñón and piñón negro share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Jatropha.

Conservation Status

piñón

NE — Not Evaluated

piñón negro

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	piñón	piñón negro
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

piñón

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (44 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (17 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (7 countries).

piñón negro

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (11 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

piñón

The Barbados nut (Jatropha curcas) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Po.

piñón negro

The Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 43 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe