pinhão-branco vs jatrofa

Jatropha curcas compared with Jatropha integerrima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	pinhão-branco	jatrofa
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
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 integerrima

Evolutionary Relationship

pinhão-branco and jatrofa share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Jatropha.

View Genus: Jatropha

Conservation Status

pinhão-branco

NE — Not Evaluated

jatrofa

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	pinhão-branco	jatrofa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

pinhão-branco

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).

jatrofa

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (India), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

pinhão-branco

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.