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Jatropha

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Noun1.Jatropha - a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family EuphorbiaceaeJatropha - a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
genus Jatropha
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family - a family of plants of order Geraniales
Jatropha curcus, physic nut - small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
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But, as the soft-spoken forester admits during a tour of his jatropha fields in central Mozambique, that's not saying much.
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Its joint venture with BP to plant 544,000 acres of the biofuel crop Jatropha curcas has failed to attract a third investor.
Uncertain future facing biofuel firm by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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