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Jatropha Curcas


Leaves


Flowers


Resemble small castor seeds
 
Background
Government of India – Bio-diesel Purchase Policy
The President today planted a Jatropha Curcas
The President Bush pushes alternative fuels in Va.

To set up a 6 TPD Bio-Diesel manufacturing unit with captive Jatropha Curcas plantation in 2000 acres:

Press Release

“The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today planted a Jatropha Curcas sapling in Rashtrapati Bhavan. To begin with 800 plants are being planted for educational purposes to promote the use of herbal plants for extracting oil from which bio diesel can be produced.”

The Name Jatropha Curcas' may be funny to co-relate with automobiles now, but in times to come it is going to be on the lips of our children and probably the first name on our grand children's vocabulary. Jatropha Curcas plant has been researched over the last five years at the Hohenheim University in Germany and could be the fuel of the future.


Pongamia pinnata

Fruits

Seeds mature and fleshy exocarp

 
 
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