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Jatropha curcas L.

Euphorbiaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)

SC SE

D [E]

dr (antitumour medicament, boiled plant parts in water taken orally fo edema, fruits and seed decoction as emetic and purgative, latex lotion for rash, burn and skin infection, leaves bath for fever, plant decoction compress for sore, purgative, tender leaves infusion taken orally for constipation, warm plant decoction compress for eczema and dermatosis) fd (honey) fw (oil for candle) ma (lubricant, painting, soap) pl (boundary hedge) sa tx (fruits, oil seeds are purgative and poisonous if eaten in quantity)

Curcas purgans Medik. Castiglionia lobata Ruiz & Pav. Curcas curcas (L.) Britton & Millsp. Curcas indica A.Rich. Jatropha afrocurcas Pax Jatropha moluccana Wall.

Barbadosnut nettlespurge; Barbados-nut, belly-ache bush, curcas-bean; grave physic-nut (Netherlands Antilles); hazelnut (Belize); physic nut (Bahamas, Belize); physic-nut (Jamaica, Virgin Islands); pulza, purge-nut, purging nut; wild oil nut (Jamaica)

médecinier béni; feuilles médecin, grand médecinier, médecinier à grandes feuilles, médecinier cathartique (Haiti); médecinier purgatif, médecinier-blanc; médicinier, médicinier béni (Haiti); medicinier blanc (Dominica); médicinier-barrière; pignon d'Inde, purghère (Mali)

arbol santo (Honduras, Panama); chacsis (Bolivia); coquillo (Costa Rica, Panama); coquito (Costa Rica); cotoncillo (Honduras); frailecillo, frailejón (Colombia); piñón (Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico); piñón botija, piñón criollo (Cuba); piñón de cercas (Cuba); piñon de purga (Colombia); piñón lechero (Cuba); piñón purgante (Cuba, Puerto Rico); piñón voci (Cuba); piñoncillo, sangre-gado (Mexico); tártago; tártajo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); tempate (Central America); tuatua (Colombia); vocudyes (Bolivia)

ba'a (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); bagani (bambara, Mali); blanfaraba (malinke, Mali); chisasquil (Paraguay); fèy medsen, gran medsinye (creole, Haiti); kulusinifèli (bambara, Mali); kuri'y vai (Paraguay); kuubín-ua (boruca, Costa Rica); medsinye beni, medsinye gran fèy (creole, Haiti); pião, pião branco, pinhão bravo (Brazil); sakilte (maya, Belize); schijnoot (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); xkakalche (maya, Belize); yupur (Guatemala)

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Latin name	Jatropha curcas L.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D [E]
Ecology
Use	dr (antitumour medicament, boiled plant parts in water taken orally fo edema, fruits and seed decoction as emetic and purgative, latex lotion for rash, burn and skin infection, leaves bath for fever, plant decoction compress for sore, purgative, tender leaves infusion taken orally for constipation, warm plant decoction compress for eczema and dermatosis) fd (honey) fw (oil for candle) ma (lubricant, painting, soap) pl (boundary hedge) sa tx (fruits, oil seeds are purgative and poisonous if eaten in quantity)
Synonym	Curcas purgans Medik. Castiglionia lobata Ruiz & Pav. Curcas curcas (L.) Britton & Millsp. Curcas indica A.Rich. Jatropha afrocurcas Pax Jatropha moluccana Wall.
English name	Barbadosnut nettlespurge; Barbados-nut, belly-ache bush, curcas-bean; grave physic-nut (Netherlands Antilles); hazelnut (Belize); physic nut (Bahamas, Belize); physic-nut (Jamaica, Virgin Islands); pulza, purge-nut, purging nut; wild oil nut (Jamaica)
French name	médecinier béni; feuilles médecin, grand médecinier, médecinier à grandes feuilles, médecinier cathartique (Haiti); médecinier purgatif, médecinier-blanc; médicinier, médicinier béni (Haiti); medicinier blanc (Dominica); médicinier-barrière; pignon d'Inde, purghère (Mali)
Spanish name	arbol santo (Honduras, Panama); chacsis (Bolivia); coquillo (Costa Rica, Panama); coquito (Costa Rica); cotoncillo (Honduras); frailecillo, frailejón (Colombia); piñón (Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico); piñón botija, piñón criollo (Cuba); piñón de cercas (Cuba); piñon de purga (Colombia); piñón lechero (Cuba); piñón purgante (Cuba, Puerto Rico); piñón voci (Cuba); piñoncillo, sangre-gado (Mexico); tártago; tártajo (Cuba, Puerto Rico); tempate (Central America); tuatua (Colombia); vocudyes (Bolivia)
Other name	ba'a (bwamu, Burkina Faso and Mali); bagani (bambara, Mali); blanfaraba (malinke, Mali); chisasquil (Paraguay); fèy medsen, gran medsinye (creole, Haiti); kulusinifèli (bambara, Mali); kuri'y vai (Paraguay); kuubín-ua (boruca, Costa Rica); medsinye beni, medsinye gran fèy (creole, Haiti); pião, pião branco, pinhão bravo (Brazil); sakilte (maya, Belize); schijnoot (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); xkakalche (maya, Belize); yupur (Guatemala)
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