Steinmetz:Jatropha
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Jatropha curcas
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- English Names
- Physic nut
- Purging nut
- Barbados nut
- Coral plant
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and South America
- Orient
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Jatrophae curcas = Semen Ricini majoris
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- Constituent(s)
- fixed oil (containing jatrophic acid)
- sugar
- starch
- curcin
- caseine
- Action
- oil: purgative
- toxic; seed: acro-narcotic
- toxic
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