- Jatropha curcus is a
drought-resistant perennial, growing well in marginal/poor soil. It is
easy to establish, grows relatively quickly and lives, producing seeds
for 50 years.
- It is found to be
growing in many parts of the country, rugged in nature and can survive
with minimum inputs and easy to propagate.
- This highly
drought-resistant species is adapted to arid and semi-arid conditions.
The current distribution shows that introduction has been
most
successful in the drier regions of the tropics with annual rainfall of
300-1000 mm.
- It occurs mainly at
lower altitudes (0-500 m) in areas with average an-nual temperatures
well above 20°C but can grow at higher altitudes and tolerates slight
frost. It grows on well-drained soils with good aeration and is well
adapted to marginal soils with low nutrient content.
- It is a small tree
or shrub with smooth gray bark, which exudes a whitish colored, watery,
latex when cut. Normally, it grows between three and five meters in
height, but can attain a height of up to eight or ten meters under
favourable conditions.
- It has large green
to pale-green leaves, alternate to sub-opposite, three-to five-lobed
with a spiral phyllotaxis.
- The petiole length
ranges between 6-23 mm. The inflorescence is formed in the leaf axil.
Flowers are formed terminally, individually, with
female flowers
usually slightly larger and occurs in the hot seasons.
- Jatropha makes a
delightful red-flowered accent in a shrub border planted to attract
attention to an area. It flowers nearly year round and so is quite
popular as
a patio tree or garden accent.
- The trees are
deciduous, shedding the leaves in the dry season. Flowering occurs
during the wet season and two flowering peaks are often seen. In
permanently humid regions, flowering occurs throughout the year. The
seeds mature about three months after flowering.
- Jatropha seedcakes,
produced as a by-product of pressing the oil, make an excellent organic
fertilizer or protein-rich livestock feed. Another by-product is
glycerine.
- Other parts of the
plant are also useful: dark blue dye and wax can be produced from the
bark, the stem can be used as a poor quality wood, and the roots help in
making yellow dye.
- The flowers of
Jatropha Curcas and the Jatropha stem have well-known medicinal
properties, and the leaves can be used for dressing wounds. All these
things can be used, or sold.
- Alternate uses of
the oil include climatic protection, varnishes, illuminants, soap,
organic insecticide, and medicine for skin diseases, cancer, piles,
snakebite, paralysis, dropsy and many more.
- The latex of
Jatropha curcas contains an alkaloid known as "jatrophine" which is
believed to have anti-cancer properties. It has also wound-healing
properties of curcain.
- Jatropha the wonder
plant produces seeds with an oil content of 37%. The oil can be
combusted as fuel without being refined. It burns with clear smoke-free
flame, tested successfully as fuel for simple diesel engine. The
by-products are press cake a good organic fertilizer, oil
contains
also insecticide.
- Kalam said: 'With
limited research so far in the bio-diesel sector in the country, India
aims to produce 6 million tonnes (MT) annually of bio-diesel by 2010 and
60 MT by 2030.' He said the government and private sector majors should
accelerate research in bio-fuel sector as well as the related aspects of
production, marketing and processing.
- The Tamilnadu
Government along with the Forest Department have planned a project for
cultivation of Jatropha in 150,000 hectares in Tamilnadu. Any farmer
with land can make their lands available for the Jatropha project and
the seedlings as well as technical assistance for grow-out will be
provided by the Forest Department.
- The Indian Railway
is to raise Jatropha along the railway track and plan to plant Jatropha
along 25,000 route kilometers on two sides of the track. They plan to
replace 10% of their total petro-diesel consumption by Jatropha. The
project has been started on a pilot scale.
- A Tamilnadu firm is
working on a project to grow 600,000 hectares of Jatropha on lands owned
by farmers in various parts of Tamilnadu. They will provide farmers with
the seedlings and Rs. 3,000 per hectare for land preparation and
planting. They will contract with farmers to
buy out their entire
production of Jatropha seeds.
- The Maharashtra
agro-forestry Department has been actively encouraging the raising of
Jatropha in watershed development projects.
- By the year 2011 a
planned 20% of the total diesel consumption is to come from Jatropha
biodiesel, with biodiesel production planned to reach around 13 million
tonnes annually by 2013.
- One of the most
widely advertised aspects of Jatropha biodiesel production seems to be
the potential employment opportunities it might generate.
- Average yields
quoted in their projection are 1.5 kg per plant per year, oil recovery
from the seeds is expected to be 91%, and the oil cake and glycerol are
to be sold to compensate for the cost of processing the seeds into
biodiesel.
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About Jatropha &
Utilization
- Jatropha curcas
L.
- Antitumor effects of curcin
from seeds of Jatropha curcas
- Jatropha integerrima
Family
- Molluscicidal properties of
Jatropha curcas against vector snails
- Factsheet
- red physic
nut
- Integrated Rural
Development by Utilisation of Jatropha curcas L. (JCL) as Raw
Material and as Renewable Energy
- The use of Jatropha
curcas oil as raw material and fuel
- Article of
Interest
- Why
Biodiesel
- Economics of Railway
Traction
- Detoxification of a
toxic variety of Jatropha curcas using heat and chemical treatments, and
preliminary nutritional evaluation with rats
- Market Opportunity -
Video
- Jatropha -
Video
- Biodiesel -
MSDS
Cultivation &
Processing
- Monograph on
Jatropha Curcas L.
- Bio Diesel - Oil
producing Crops
- Progress in
India
- Propagation
- Bio-diesel from
Jatropha plantations on degraded land
- Plant Oil for
Energy
- Equipments for
decentralized Cold Pressing of Oil Seeds
- Small Scale Oil Seed
Processing
- Project
Economics
- More on Economics of
Production
- Production
Technology
- Production and use
of Jatropha Oil as Fuel
- Strategy for
Jatropha Development
- Pilot
Plant
- Nabard
document
- NABCONS
- Biodiesel
Production
- Booklet
- Hope in
Jatropha
- Scheme of production
and treatment
- One Stage Base
Process
- Two Stage Base
Process
- Titration
- Aqueous
Catalyst
- Bubble Washing
Biodiesel
- Mist Washing
Biodiesel
- Mix Washing
Biodiesel
- Technology &
Business Opportunities
- Cultivation of
Jatropha curcas L
- The plant
Profile
- Jatropha Production
and Biodiesel Production Cycle
- Effect of
phytoprotein treatment on Jatropha curcas for wasteland
reclamation
- Jatropha oil
Extraction
Company
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- Company in
Maharashtra
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Philippines
- Company in Jalgaon
- Company in
California
- Company in
Brazil
- Noble Agro
Farms
Consultants
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Italy
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Kolkata
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France
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Nadu, India
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Bhubaneswar
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Maharashtra
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Turnkey
Providers
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Pondicherry
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New Delhi
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Chennai
- Turnkey Providers in
USA
- Turnkey Providers in
Tamil Nadu
Patent and
Technology
- Commercially viable
process for in-vitro mass culture of jatropha curcas
- An alternative fuel:
Biodiesel, synthesized by Jatropha Oil
- Biotechnological
intervention in jatropha for biodiesel production
- The Jatropha energy
System: An integrated approach to decentralized and Sustainable energy
Production at the Village Level
- Extraction of oil
from Jatropha curcas L. seed kernels by enzyme assisted three phase
partitioning
- Extraction of oil
from Jatropha curcas L. seed kernels by combination of ultrasonication
and aqueous enzymatic oil extraction
- Finnish oil
major eyes Indian jatropha
- Performance
Evaluation of DI and IDI Engines with Jatropha Oil based
Biodiesel
- Jatropha Nursery
Raising Technology
- Synergistic cropping
of summer groundnut with Jatropha curcas – A new two-tier cropping
system for Uttar Pradesh
- Jatropha oil quality
related to use in diesel engines and refining methods
Production
- Assessment of the
potential of Jatropha curcas, (biodiesel tree,) for energy production
and other uses in developing countries
- Jatropha Germplasm
Characterization for Biodiesel Production
- Jatropha Oilseed
Production: A Realistic Approach
- Plantation of
Jatropha curcas and its BDF utilization in Indonesia
- Jatropha Production
Technology
- The cultivation of
Jatropha curcas
Project
- The biodiesel
jatropha project
- Breeding Jatropha as
a sustainable energy crops for Hispaniola
- Jatropha project in
Ghana: How to restore vegetation and ecosystem along major man made
lakes and ways to raise finance
- Jatropha Project:
Mexico
- Jatropha Plantation
and Processing Plant for Biodiesel Production
- Use of the Physic
Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) to Combat Desertification and Reduce
Poverty
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Management
- State of the art on
breeding and genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas L
- Field Management
Practices of Jatropha for higher productivity
- Life Cycle
Management of Jatropha Bio-Diesel Production in Thailand
- Insect pests of Jatropha curcas L. and the
potential for their management
- The response of
bellyache bush ( Jatropha gossypiifolia ) plants cut off at different
heights and seasonal times
Uses
- Fighting
Desertification by Integrated Utilisation of the Jatropha
Plant
- Uses of
Jatropha
- Uses of
J-Biogas
- Utilization of the
Species
- Medicinal
plant
- Parts of Jatropha
curcas and their Possible uses
- Uses of Jatropha
Curcas
Market and
Report
- Jatropha Biofuel
2006 - 2008
- The possibilities of
cultivating Jatropha curcas for biofuel production in
Cambodia
- Claims and Facts on
Jatropha curcas L.
- The Crop of the
Future
- Jatropha in
Developing Countries
- The Philippine
Biodiesel Industry: Jatropha as a Promising Feedstock
- Jatropha in India:
promising bio-fuel crop for waste land
- Kalam discusses bio-fuel with
jatropha farmers
- Potential of
Jatropha Curcas in Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods in
Zimbabwe
- Jatoil Ltd Agreement in Vietnam
expands production of sustainable biofuel Feedstock
- Prospects for
Jatropha Biofuels in Developing Countries: An analysis for Tanzania with
Strategic Niche Management
- Response of Jatropha
curcas under different spacing to
Jatropha de-oiled cake
- Feedstock trends:
Jatropha
- GCX to advise Jatropha
plantation projects
- Future of Biodiesel
Production in India based on Jatropha oil
- Feedstock
Frenzy
- How an NGO comes to jatropha cultivators’ rescue
- The Potential of
Jatropha curcas in Rural Development and Environment
Protection
- Jatropha Hi-tech
Training Package
Transesertification
- Processing Jatropha
to Diesel
- Technology &
Business Opportunities
- Technical
aspects of Transesertification
- Transesertification of
Vegetable Oils
- Technology &
Equipments used - Laboratory Scale
- Technology
Equipments
- Technology State of
the Art
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- BH Presentation
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- UKFuelTech
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The Status in
India
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- Status
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India
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India
- Pricing,
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- Biofuels in
India
- Project outline -
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- Bioengineering of
Crops for Biofuels and Bioenergy
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