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Some plants have black seeds. Most commonly, seeds are white, with brown spots. Population from Mecufi district (Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique, about 30 m.a.s.).
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Jatropha scaposa or J. macrophylla. Plants look like J. scaposa (scape-like inflorescence, like in the picture) in the dry season and turn into J. macrophylla in the rainy season. My conclusion is that J. scaposa is the dry season form of J. macrophylla (the older name). Both species are conspecific and, in that case, the correct name is J. macrophylla. Mecufi district in Mozambique.
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Note the pinkish color on the petals, a character not at all characteristic of typical J. macrophylla. This close-up of a male flower was taken in nature, Pemba-Metuge district.
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Here it becomes clear how this plant got its name - Jatropha macrophylla. Ancuabe district in Mozambique, with Mr. Antnio Jumaina.
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Young shoot of Jatropha macrophylla in a forest in Mecufi district in Mozambique.
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Jatropha macrophylla is a geophyte and its aboveground parts emerge, at the onstart of the rains, from an underground massive tuberous rootstock. Here in a forest in Mecufi district of northern Mozambique. Altitude: 20-50 m.a.s.
