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Overview
Jatropha curcas is a drought-tolerant shrub whose seeds hold 30–40% inedible oil, avoiding competition with food. The oil can be converted to biodiesel, and because the whole plant is toxic it often serves as a living fence.
Life cycle
From seed to productShrub in the wild
Semi-evergreen shrub up to 6 m, extremely drought-tolerant, grows on poor dry soils.
Flower clusters
Pale yellow-green flowers in cymes; monoecious, insect-pollinated.
Capsules
Three-lobed capsule ripening from green to yellow-brown, one seed per lobe.
Oil-rich seeds
Black seeds with 25–40% oil for biodiesel; contain toxic phorbol esters.
Properties
- Used part
- Seeds
- Note
- Whole plant toxic
References
- 1Plants of the World Online — Jatropha curcas L. — Kew Science, 2026
- 2Jatropha curcas — phân loại, độc tính, công dụng — English Wikipedia, 2026
- 3Cọc rào (Dầu mè, dầu lai) — tên gọi tiếng Việt — Vietnamese Wikipedia, 2026
- 4Reinhard Henning — The Jatropha System (hướng dẫn trồng & dầu biodiesel) — GTZ (technical report), 2010
- 5Nguồn ảnh: Biswarup Ganguly / Forestowlet (CC BY 3.0 / CC0) — Wikimedia Commons,
- 6Nguồn ảnh: SAplants / Jessephu / Bohemian Baltimore / Frank Vincentz (CC BY-SA 4.0 / 4.0 / 4.0 / 3.0) — Wikimedia Commons,