SCIENTIFIC NAME : Jatropha tajorensis
FAMILY : Euphorbiaceae
COMMON NAMES :Catholic vegetable, Iyana-Ipaja (Yoruba), Ugu-Oyibo (Igbo), “hospital
Sarah, why not snap the front for people to see it clearly. I know the leaves that's why am able to recognised it the moment I saw it.
@Sarah23968, okk thanx presently not in abj but I will keep intouch.. Thank u
I also hear some seriously ill person bath with the water. I want to give a big warning about plucking the leaves PLEASE USE GLOVES OR NYLON BECAUSE IT SCRATCHES THE SKIN but the itch does not last for long but it's uncomfortable. Once it's used as vegetable for your soups and sauces, or once it's squeezed like bitterleaf for drinking it does not scratch at those points.The edible part is its leaves.
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