Jatropha curcas, commonly called purging nut, Barbados nut or physic nut, is a dioecious small tree or large shrub that grows to 20' tall. It is native to Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, but has been widely planted throughout the tropics for a number of commercial uses, perhaps now most predominately for production of biofuel.

Results: Jatropha curcas L. is utilized for medicinal uses and various segments of the plant contains an oil that is semi-dry which has shown to induce functional and important therapeutic ...

Curcas drastica Mart. Curcas indica A.Rich. Curcas lobata Splitg. Curcas lobata Splitg. ex Lanj. Curcas purgans Medik. Hedera corymbosa Choisy ex DC. Hydnocarpus corymbosus (Choisy ex DC.) Seem. Jatropha acerifolia Salisb. Jatropha afrocurcas Pax Jatropha condor Benth. Jatropha condor Wall. Jatropha edulis Sessé Jatropha yucatanensis Briq.

Jatropha Curcas. Jatropha curcas or physic nut, a drought resistant shrub with a height of 3–5m and an average life of 50 years is grown for harvesting the 30%–40% semi-dry toxic oil contained in its seeds, which can be used for the production of biofuel (Vollmann and Laimer, 2013; From: Applied Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, 2015 ...

Jatropha curcas is a small tree or shrub with smooth gray bark, which exudes whitish co lour, watery, latex when cut. Normally, it grows between three and five meters in height but can attain a ...

Jatropha curcas Euphorbiaceae L. pig nut, physic nut, fig nut ECOLOGY As a succulent that sheds its leaves during the dry season, J. curcas is best adapted to arid and semi-arid conditions. Most Jatropha spp. occur in the following seasonally dry areas: grassland-savannah and thorn forest scrub but, are completely lacking from the moist Amazon ...

Jatropha curcas is a perennial shrub belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family. It is a tropical species that is native to Mexico and Central America and now …

This species is accepted. The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for fuel and food. Taxonomy.

Jones N, Miller JH (1992) Jatropha curcas—a multipurpose species for problematic sites. Land Resour Ser 1:1–12 Land Resour Ser 1:1–12 Google Scholar

Jatropha L. species, in particular, J. curcas and J. gossypiifolia, are well known medicinal plants used for treating various diseases. In the present study, leaf and stem bark extracts of J. curcas and J. gossypiifolia obtained by maceration or homogenizer assisted extraction, were investigated for their phytochemical contents and biological …

1. Introduction. There are indications that the Jatropha curcas L. plant originated in South and Central America; the name of the species Jatropha curcas L. comes from the Greek language "iatrós", which means (doctor) and (trophé), which means food; there are reports that the Portuguese were using the medicinal properties of the …

Jatropha curcas L. is cultivated for its oil utilization as fuel feedstock. This main purpose is achieved with the biomass waste after oil extraction. The biomass wastes are leaf and stem from pruning, fruit hull, …

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Jatropha curcas, locally known as ratanjyot, belongs to the family of Euphorbiaceae. It is a quick yielding plant that survives in degraded, barren, forest land and drought-prone …

Jatropha curcas is an evergreen small tree that belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant is a rich source of latex that has a wide range of uses in the medicinal field. Latex is an excellent ...

Abstract and Figures. Jatropha curcas L. belongs to family Euphorbiaceae, Jatropha curcas is a valuable multi-purpose crop, historically it was used as medicine for wounds and leaves used as ...

Jatropha curcas plants were also tested to evaluate their phytoremediation capacity in soils contaminated by different levels of mercury (Hg) and copper (Cu) (Durango-Hernández et …

Jatropha species (family Euphorbiaceae) are distributed throughout the world. Among them Jatropha curcas has attracted many researchers due to its many excellent characteristics, including high yield ability, high oil content, resistance to drought, and good quality of the plant oil; it is considered to be a biodiesel plant. The prevalence of ...

Jatropha curcas is a woody-shrub species of the Euphorbiaceae family that is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. The great interest in its cultivation lies in the potential for achieving …

J. curcas L., a potential bioenergy crop 70 million years old, is a monoecious, deciduous perennial small tree or shrub belonging to family Euphorbiaceae, to the tribe Jatropheae of the subfamily Crotonoideae. In 1737 Karl von Linne first described and in 1753 classified J. curcas.The genus name Jatropha comes from the Greek words "iatros" …

Jatropha curcas (physic nut), a non‐edible oilseed crop, represents one of the most promising alternative energy sources due to its high seed oil content, rapid growth and adaptability to various environments. We report ~339 Mbp draft whole genome sequence of J. curcas var. Chai Nat using both the PacBio and Illumina sequencing …

The oil from Jatropha curcas can be used as biodiesel blend up to 20%. Jatropha is deciduous soft wooded small multipurpose small tree or shrub. it usually attain the height of 3-5m,however it can grow even up to 8-10m in favorable conditions. After the blending of Jatropha oil its cake used as natural manure.

Botanical description of Jatropha curcas L. J. curcas L., also known as the physics nut, belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family [23], [26] . It is a drought resistant …

25416246. The seed oil of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) as a source of biodiesel fuel is gaining worldwide importance. Commercial-scale exploration of Jatropha has not succeeded due to low and unstable seed yield in semiarid lands unsuitable for the food production and infestation to diseases. Genetic engineering is promising to improve …