piñón negro vs Costa Rican Jatropha

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Jatropha costaricensis

Key Differences

• piñón negro is Not Evaluated while Costa Rican Jatropha is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	piñón negro	Costa Rican Jatropha
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 gossypiifolia	Jatropha costaricensis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

piñón negro

NE — Not Evaluated

Costa Rican Jatropha

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	piñón negro	Costa Rican Jatropha
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Costa Rican Jatropha

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

piñón negro

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