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Originally Posted by freeztar
What about jatropa?
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I think it has beeen mentioned. Post 34 etc
It sounds good
A little like the Castor Oil plant that grows wild around Sydney (?)
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Jatropa Curcas: The Bio Diesel Medicinal Plant
J. mutabilis
This wonderful plant is not only used as for medicinal purposes but has now been developed as an alternative diesel fuel.
Jatropa Curcas: The Bio Diesel Medicinal Plant
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Jatropa Curcas or locally known as Tuba Bakod in our country has been used by our ancestors as a folkloric medicine for rheumatic pains, snake bites and also insecticide. The leaves are used as medicine for muscle ailments like rheumatic pains. Simply by applying oil on the leaves and heated by flames and then applied to the skin on where the ailments are. Although it has medicinal properties, the fruit and seed is not edible and poisonous when ingested. The leaves have anti-inflammatory properties but toxic when excessively used internally. The pounded leaves when pounded and made into a poultice can be used to aid in snakebites and also effective as an insecticide.
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It seems to have its own website?
Jatropha curcas news
Lots of Pics here
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A fairly tropical plant by the look of it.
