Thanks, Tapas ji, for deeper insights.

On Tue 20 Mar, 2018, 11:39 PM Tapas Chakrabarty, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am attaching herewith three images of *Jatropha nana *Dalzell var. 
> *bengalensis
> *C.H. Rahman & S.Mondal [in Indian J. Forest. 35(4): 477, f. 1, Plate 1.
> 2012]; N.P. Balakr. et al. in Fl. India 23: 505. 2012] which is occurring
> in dry forest beds in Birbhum District, West Bengal.  The local name is *Chem
> alu.*
>
> It may be mentioned that Nerlekar [in Phytotaxa 213(2): 155-158. 2015]
> merged this variety with var. *nana *having found no difference.
>
> However, please look at the publication of Nerlekar (2015) as well as
> images of *Jatropha nana *in the EFI webpage.  Here, in the typical
> variety, the capsules are broadly oblong while the fruits in var. *bengalensis
> *are suglobose.  Hence I am maintaining this as a distinct variety on
> this fruit character as well as due to the disjunct distribution (var. *nana
> *in Maharashtra and var. *bengalensis *in West Bengal). My treatment will
> come out shortly.
>
> Thanking you,
>
> Tapas Chakrabarty.
>
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