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Species: Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm. Date: 2009-08-28 Location: Ponta Sitone, Bazaruto Island, Vilanculos District Habitat: Dune vegetation, sandy soils
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Species: Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm. Date: 2009-08-28 Location: Ponta Sitone, Bazaruto Island, Vilanculos District Habitat: Dune vegetation, sandy soils
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Species: Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm. Date: 2009-08-28 Location: Ponta Sitone, Bazaruto Island, Vilanculos District Habitat: Dune vegetation, sandy soils
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Species: Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm. Date: 2009-08-28 Location: Ponta Sitone, Bazaruto Island, Vilanculos District Habitat: Dune vegetation, sandy soils
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Female flower of Jatropha subaequiloba, an endemic plant from Bazaruto island, Mozambique.
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Part of the inflorescence of Jatropha subaequiloba with one female flower. All the buds will be male flowers. In this species (endemic to the Mozambique coast) female flowers open first, thus promoting outcrossing. It belongs to the subsection Capenses and probably is crossable with Jatropha curcas. Interesting js J. subaequiloba's resistance to the flea beetle (Aphtona spp.), the most important insect pest of the biodiesel-producing plant.
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Male flower of Jatropha subaequiloba with nectar-feeding insect, Grudja, Sofala province, Mozambique. Probably a member of the family Braconidae (parasitoids of other insects), Hymenoptera
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Seeds of Jatropha subaequiloba from Bazaruto Island in Mozambique
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A female parasitic wasp (Gasteruption species, family Gasteruptiidae, Hymenoptera) feeding on the nectar of a male flower of Jatropha subaequiloba, Chimoio, Mozambique. Note the long, white-tipped ovipositor.
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Female flower of Jatropha subaequiloba with bee feeding nectar, Bazaruto Island in Mozambique, 5 m.a.s.
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Seeds of Jatropha subaequiloba compared with the black seeds of Jatropha curcas.
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Seeds of Jatropha subaequiloba, an endemic plant from Bazaruto island in Mozambique
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Jatropha subaequiloba is a rare endemic plant from Bazaruto island in Mozambique. Male flowers are much more common than female ones.
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Close-up of the male flowers of Jatropha subaequiloba, a rare plant endemic to the Mozambique coast.
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Male flower of Jatropha subaequiloba, Bazaruto Island in Mozambique, 5 m.a.s.
