What is Jatopa?How the plant is grown and how long it takes before it gives first crop?Jatopa Oil used for ?

jatoba sporobolus virginicus


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http://search.live.com/images/results.as鈥?/a>What is Jatopa?How the plant is grown and how long it takes before it gives first crop?Jatopa Oil used for ?
1st thing its jatropa not jatopa, its botanical name is Sporobolus virginicus, its a drought resistant plant. The saplings are planted %26amp; gives 1st crop after one %26amp; half year. The oil is extracted from seeds %26amp; is used for making biodiesel.What is Jatopa?How the plant is grown and how long it takes before it gives first crop?Jatopa Oil used for ?
Google ';Sporobolus virginicus';
1--Jatropha curcus is a drought-resistant perennial, growing well in marginal/poor soil.


2--It is a small tree or shrub with smooth gray bark, which exudes a whitish colored, watery, latex when cut.


3--Its water requirement is extremely low and it can stand long periods of drought by shedding most of its leaves to reduce transpiration loss.


4--Early growth is fast and with good rainfall conditions nursery plants may bear fruits after the first rainy season, direct sown plants after the second rainy season


5--Medically it is used for diseases like cancer, piles, snakebite, paralysis, dropsy etc.


6--Jatropha the wonder plant produces seeds with an oil content of 37%.


7--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.


8--The by-products are press cake a good organic fertilizer, oil contains also insecticide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_incentives_in_India





The oil is used for biodiesel fuel in the Philippines. There is a lot of information on Jatropha on those links.