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Taxon:
Jatropha curcas
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Jatropha
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
Tribe:
Jatropheae
Nomen number:
20692
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1006. "
Gurcas
"; 2: errata. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
09/05/2013
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty.
2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
Balick, M. J. et al.
2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal.
1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:542-576.
Dehgan, B.
2012.
Jatropha
(Euphorbiaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 110:151-158.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Delgado-Montoya, J. L. & E. Parado-Tejada.
1989. Potential multipurpose agroforestry crops identified for the Mexican tropics. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 166-168.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Duke, J. A.
1999. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Jatropha+curcas&quantity=1
Govaerts, R. et al.
2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Heller, J.
1996. Physic nut.
Jatropha curcas
L. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 1:1-66.
URL:
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Killeen, T. J. et al.
1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Note:
poisonous
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Missouri Botanical Garden.
W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
URL:
http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):324.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reitz, R., ed.
1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Royal Tropical Institute.
2007. Sustainable biofuel in Mali.
Note:
re. potential use as fuel substitute
Salvador-Figueroa, M. et al.
2015. Genetic diversity and structure of
Jatropha curcas
L. in its centre of origin. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 13:9-17.
URL:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PGR#
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Vasquez, R. & J. A. Duke.
1994. Amazonian ethnobotanical dictionary.
Note:
CRC Press
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Barbados-nut –
Reference(s)
bubblebush –
Reference(s)
physicnut –
Reference(s)
purgenut –
Reference(s)
purgingnut –
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French
fève d'enfer –
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grand pignon d'Inde –
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gros ricin –
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médicinier –
Reference(s)
médicinier barrière –
Reference(s)
médicinier béni –
Reference(s)
médicinier purgatif –
Reference(s)
pignon d'Inde –
Reference(s)
purghère –
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German
Purgiernuß –
Reference(s)
Termitenbaum –
Reference(s)
India
ratanjyor –
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Portuguese
galamaluco –
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grão-de-maluco –
Reference(s)
purgueira –
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ricino-major –
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Portuguese (Brazil)
manduri-graça –
Reference(s)
pinhão-de-cerca –
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pinhão-de-purga –
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pinhão-manso –
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pinhão-paraguaio –
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Spanish
frailejón –
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piñón –
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piñón blanco –
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tártago –
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Swahili
mbono –
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Swedish
oljejatrofa –
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Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
widely natzd. in tropics
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chiapas]
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
El Salvador
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Paraguay
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
boundary/barrier/support
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Environmental
erosion control
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Fuels
potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol
fide http://www.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml?id=13279&ch=FAB,
Royal Tropical Institute.
2007. Sustainable biofuel in Mali.
Note:
re. potential use as fuel substitute
Harmful organism host
crop pests
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Materials
lipids
for candle- and soapmaking
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Materials
tannin/dyestuff
fide New Crops 146. 1989; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):324. 1999, for blue dye
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):324.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
fide R. Vasquez & J. A. Duke, Amazonian ethnobotanical dictionary; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):324. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisons
fish
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Name
References