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Jatropha Curcas
``A doctor of physik.' --Chaucer. 2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine. 3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic. 4. A physician. [R.] --Shak. Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
Jatropha curcas
Barbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut.

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- needed] propagation of Jatropha curcas by stem cutting propagation of Jatropha curcas by grafting propagation of Jatropha curcas by Air layering Jatropha Crude...
- of succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like Jatropha curcas). Most of these are native to the Americas, with 66 species found in the...
- found to be a more economical source of biofuel than Jatropha curcas. Jatropha curcas requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of biofuel...
- Ionuț Flavius Curcă (born 7 August 1977) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper. In March 2006, he received the "Sports Merit" Medal, second class,...
- George Curcă (born 8 May 1981) is a Romanian former professional football player who pla**** as a goalkeeper. He started his career at Farul Constanța...
- Chhattisgarh to plantation of Jatropha curcas. The Project on Development of Agronomic practices for Jatropha curcas is being implemented, with the financial...
- which are on lands which were purchased by British companies. Jatropha curcas is a cash crop grown for biofuel production in Africa. Some have criticized...
- Pleomorphomonas which has been isolated from root tissue of the plant Jatropha curcas at the agrotechnology experimental station in Singapore. LPSN lpsn.dsmz...
- energy crops Arundo Big bluestem Camelina Chinese tallow Duckweed Jatropha curcas Miscanthus × giganteus Pongamia pinnata Salicornia Switchgr**** Wood Technology...
- many plants with purgative properties, such as Croton tiglium and Jatropha curcas. Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crotonoideae...