Interesting! Most photos of Jatropha gossypifolia leaves have three lobes, yet the one on onalee's site has 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://www.mpbd.info/plants/ja...
http://www.landmanager.org.au/...
The leaves are also a different shape.
Another with 5 lobes, but are these correct?
http://www.texasriviera.com/su...
Found a site which mentions 3-5 lobes ..
Tuba-tuba is an erect, branched shrub usually less than one meter high. Petioles, leaf margins and inflorescences are covered with numerous, capitate-glandular hairs. Leaves are shining, smooth, palmately 3- or 5-lobed, 7 to 12 centimeters long, the lobes oblong-ovate and the younger leaves being purplish.
http://www.stuartxchange.com/T...
I can't see the "capitate-glandular hairs" on this plant, does it have them? Looking closer I can see some lower leaves do have 3 lobes.
It looks to be a very variable plant.
http://www.mytho-fleurs.com/im...
http://growerjim.blogspot.co.u...
