Jatropha

Sunflower

About Jatropha and Sunflower

Jatropha

Sunflower

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

Annual

1.2 Type

Shrubs, Spurge

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Caribbean, Central America, South America, Madagascar, South Africa

North America

1.4 Types

Jatropha bullockii, Jatropha cinerea, Jatropha excisa

Helianthus annuus, Heliantheae,

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

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170

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411 (About Canna)

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1.5 Habitat

Pastures, Roadsides, Warmer regions

Dry areas, Open areas, Prairies

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

Not Available

3-10

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

Not Available

12-1

1.8 Sunset Zone

Not Available

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

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200.00 cm

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8.50 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

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350 (About Privet)

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2.1.2 Minimum Width

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400.00 cm

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2.46 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

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243.84 (About Acerola)

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2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White, Yellow, Red, Purple, Pink

Brown, Yellow

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Not Available

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Light Green, Lime Green, Yellow, Green, Ivory

Black, Chocolate, Ivory

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

Dark Green, Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Green, Dark Green

Not Available

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Palmately Lobed

Oval

2.4 Thorns

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63% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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15% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

All year

Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Bright direct sunlight, Full Sun, Partial Sun

Bright direct sunlight

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Medium

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Dry, Sand

Dry, Light, Well drained

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Slightly Alkaline

Acidic, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

All year

Early Fall, Early Summer, Fall, Late Spring, Late Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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15% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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46% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings, Transplanting

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Low

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Needs less watering, Water occasionally

Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season

4.4.2 In Summer

Drought Tolerant, Average Water

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Less Watering

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Less Watering

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

Acidic, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Dry, Light, Well drained

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Bright direct sunlight, Full Sun

Bright direct sunlight

4.7 Pruning

Prune for shortening long shoots, Prune if you want to improve plant shape

Prune ocassionally, Requires little pruning

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, No fertilizers needed

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Anthracnose, Leaf spot, Powdery mildew, Red blotch, Rust

Alternaria leaf blight, Apical chlorosis, Bacteria wilt, Bacterial leaf spot, Botrytis head rot, Charcoal rot, Crown gall, Downy mildew, Erwinia stalk rot, Fusarium stalk rot, Fusarium wilt, head rot, Phialophora yellows, Stem spot

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought, Drought and Salt, Heat Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

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5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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32% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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29% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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21% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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9% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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36% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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55% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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22% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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7% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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No Cactus Garden Plants has it !

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14% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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No Cactus Garden Plants has it !

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10% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.4 Showy Foliage

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47% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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52% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.5 Showy Bark

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7% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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11% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.6 Foliage Texture

Bold

Coarse

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Not Available

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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2% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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11% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

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6% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.10 Self-Sowing

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13% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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50% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.11 Attracts

Bees, Flying insects, Hoverflies

Birds, Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

allergic conjunctivitis, Eye irritation

Runny nose, Red eyes, Watery eyes, Sore eyes, Itchy eyes

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Available, Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Beautification, Bouquets, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Good for skin and hair, Removes pimples, Skin inflammation, Skin irritation

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

Sometimes

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62% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification, Insect Repellent, No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Suppresses or replaces native plants, Versatility

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

anti-allergy, epilepsy, Fever, Skin irritation, Skin Redness

Pulmonary afflictions

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Leaves, Sap, Seeds, Stem

Flowers, Seeds, Stem

6.2.3 Other Uses

Oil is used as fuel, Oil is used in perfume, soaps, creams, etc., Used in biomass

As Fertilizers, Economic Purpose, Oil is used in perfume, soaps, creams, etc., Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for producing cooking oil

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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53% Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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39% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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All Cactus Garden Plants have it !

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All Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.5 Garden Design

Container, Feature Plant, Hedges, Screening, Wind Break, Topiary, Bonsai, Espalier, Tropical

Bedding Plant, Bonsai, Container, Edging, Edible, Feature Plant, Houseplant, Vegetable

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

JATROPHA

Helianths Annuus

7.2 Common Name

Barbados nut, purging nut, physic nut, or JCL

Sunflower

7.2.1 In Hindi

रतनजोत

Sūrajamukhī

7.2.2 In German

Purgiernuß

Sonnenblume

7.2.3 In French

purghère

Tournesol

7.2.4 In Spanish

frailejón

Girasol

7.2.5 In Greek

jatropha

ηλιοτρόπιο

7.2.6 In Portuguese

galamaluco

Girassol

7.2.7 In Polish

jatrofa

słonecznik

7.2.8 In Latin

Jatropha

Helianthus

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Euphorbiales

Asterales

8.5 Family

Euphorbiaceae

Asteraceae

8.6 Genus

Jatropha

Heilanthus

8.7 Clade

Dicotyledonous

Not Available

8.8 Tribe

Jatropheae

Heliantheae

8.9 Subfamily

Crotonoideae

Helianthodeae

8.10 Number of Species

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Properties of Jatropha and Sunflower

Wondering what are the properties of Jatropha and Sunflower? We provide you with everything About Jatropha and Sunflower. Jatropha doesn't have thorns and Sunflower doesn't have thorns. Also Jatropha does not have fragrant flowers. Jatropha has allergic reactions like allergic conjunctivitis and Eye irritation and Sunflower has allergic reactions like allergic conjunctivitis and Eye irritation. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Jatropha and Sunflower and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Jatropha and Sunflower

Season and care of Jatropha and Sunflower is important to know. While considering everything about Jatropha and Sunflower Care, growing season is an essential factor. Jatropha season is All year and Sunflower season is All year. The type of soil for Jatropha is Dry, Sand and for Sunflower is Dry, Light, Well drained while the PH of soil for Jatropha is Slightly Alkaline and for Sunflower is Acidic, Alkaline.

Jatropha and Sunflower Physical Information

Jatropha and Sunflower physical information is very important for comparison. Jatropha height is 200.00 cm and width 400.00 cm whereas Sunflower height is 8.50 cm and width 2.46 cm. The color specification of Jatropha and Sunflower are as follows:

Jatropha flower color: White, Yellow, Red, Purple and Pink
Jatropha leaf color: Green and Dark Green
Sunflower flower color: Brown and Yellow
Sunflower leaf color: Dark Green and Green

Care of Jatropha and Sunflower

Care of Jatropha and Sunflower include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Jatropha pruning is done Prune for shortening long shoots and Prune if you want to improve plant shape and Sunflower pruning is done Prune ocassionally and Requires little pruning. In summer Jatropha needs Drought Tolerant, Average Water and in winter, it needs Less Watering. Whereas, in summer Sunflower needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.