Jatropha curcas

Traditional uses

  • Abortifacient

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Alopecia

    Tradition: Samoa

  • Anasarca

    Tradition: India(Santal)

  • Anodyne

    Tradition: Trinidad

  • Antidote

    Tradition: India(Travancore)

  • Antidote(Comocladia)

    Tradition: Dominican Republic

  • Antiseptic

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Bedbug

    Tradition: Ghana

  • Burn

    Tradition: Venezuela

  • Carbuncle

    Tradition: India(Santal)

  • Cataplasm

    Tradition: Panama(Choco)

  • Cicatrizant

    Tradition: Central America

Chemicals

  • BETA-AMYRIN

    Plant part: Bark

  • CAMPESTEROL

    Plant part: Leaf

  • CURCUSONES

    Plant part: Plant

  • FAT

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 300000 to 480000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 155000

  • GLUCOSE

    Plant part: Seed

  • ISOVITEXIN

    Plant part: Leaf

  • LINOLENIC-ACID

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 3300 to 5280

  • MYRISTIC-ACID

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 5400 to 8640

  • OLEIC-ACID

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 109440 to 199680

  • PROTEIN

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 162000 to 186000

  • RAFFINOSE

    Plant part: Seed