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Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil[ (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil[ (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.

In this phase the fruits of Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) almost seem delicious. The whole plant is poisonous, though. The seeds provide a rich source of inedible oil that can made into biodiesel. Quite a few investors have lost a lot of money, many more small-scale farmers have lost their land due to the "Jatropha biofuel craze". The plant itself is not that ugly, though, if you pay attention to it.

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil[ (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil[ (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil[ (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.

Brown seeded local variety from Mozambique (left) compared with normal black seeds of Jatropha curcas. The seeds of "physic nut" are rich in a non-edible oil used to process biodiesel.

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Jarak pagar, Jarak Keling, Jarak Belanda], Jatropa, Barbados nut, Purging nut tree, Black fomit nut. The seeds contain 27-40% oil[ (average: 34.4%) that can be processed to produce a high-quality biodiesel fuel, usable in a standard diesel engine. The seeds are also a source of the highly poisonous toxalbumin curcin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcasLarge track of land for biodiesel has proven uneconomical and jeopardize food production in certain countries.