LOCAL NAMES Afrikaans (purgeerboontjie); Arabic (habel meluk,dand barri); Bengali (bagbherenda,erandagachh); Chinese (yu-lu-tzu); Creole (fey medsen,gran medsinye); Dutch (purgeernoot); English (curcas,Barbados nut,pig nut,physic nut,castor oil,purging nut,fig nut,wild oil nut,Chinese castor oil); Filipino (tubang-bakod); French (Noix de medicine,médicinier béni,médecinier,feuilles médecin,médicinier carthartique,grand médecinier,pignon d’Inde,pourguere); German (Purgiernussßaum); Hindi (bagbherenda,safedarand,jangliarandi); Indonesian (jarak budeg); Italian (Giatrofa catarcita,Ricino maggiore,fagiola d’India,Fava purgatrice); Luganda (kiryowa); Mandarin (yu-lu-tzu); Nepali (kadam); Portuguese (mundubi assu,purgueira); Sanskrit(kananaerend,parvataranda,kananaeranda); Spanish (piñón purgante,piñón,piñón vóci,piñón lechero,piñón botija,pinon,pinol,piñón =criollo); Swahili (mbono); Tamil = =(kadalamanakku,kattamanakku); Thai (sabudam); Trade name (fig nut,physic nut,pig nut)BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONJatropha curcas is a perennial, monoecious shrub or small tree up to 6 m high; bark pale brown, papery, peeling; slash exudes a copious watery latex, soapy to tough but soon becoming brittle and brownish when dry; branches glabrous, ascending, stout.
Publication year
2007
Authors
Padilla J E; Bennagen E C; Tongson E E; Rodel D L; Tolosa M O; Lasco R D
Language
English
Keywords
income generation, trees, shrubs, biodiesel, seed extraction, oil products, jatropha curcas
Geographic
Zimbabwe
