Jatropha curcas L. - Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas L. - Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas L. - Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas L. - Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas L. - Barbados nut
MS095 : Jatropha curcas L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 468 |
| Synonym | : | Castiglionia lobata Ruiz & Pav.;
Curcas adansonii Endl.;
Curcas curcas (L.) Britton & Millsp., nom. inval.;
Curcas drastica Mart.;
Curcas indica A.Rich.;
Curcas lobata Splitg. ex Lanj.;
Curcas purgans Medik.;
Jatropha acerifolia Salisb.;
Jatropha afrocurcas Pax.;
Jatropha condor Benth., nom. nud.;
Jatropha edulis Sessé.;
Jatropha yucatanensis Briq.;
Manihot curcas (L.) Crantz.;
Ricinoides americana Garsault, opus utique oppr.;
Ricinus americanus Mill.;
Ricinus jarak Thunb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chandrajot, Physic nut, Purging nut, Barbados Nut, Chander-jyoti, Yerand, Jatropha, Kamatti, Kangdamdawi, Kaatu-amanakku, Pulza, Thingthau, Physic Nut, Darvanti, Maraharalu, Mogli Erand, |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Description | : | Shrub, deciduous, stem circular, glabrous; leaves long petioled, alternate, cordate, sub-orbicular, margin entire, apex acute, base cordate, nerves 5, lamina 12-15 x 10-13 cm, symmetrical, adaxially green, abaxially light-green, petiole 15-19 cm long, ca. 0.3 cm diameter, base swollen, ca. 0.5 cm diameter; inflorescence terminal; bracts 0.3-0.4 cm long, light green, male inflorescence ca. 6.5 cm long, branched, peduncle ca. 0.4 cm diameter, glabrous; male flowers ca. 1.4 cm long with pedicel, pedicel ca. 0.6 cm long, green; calyx 5, green, ca. 0.4 cm long, asymmetrical, glabrous; corolla 5, green, ca. 0.5 cm long, pubescent inside; glands 5 at the disk, arranged circular, ca. 0.1 cm, yellow, shiny; stamens 9, ca. 0.5 cm long, 4 free, 5 fused filament; female inflorescence ca. 10 cm long, bracts ca. 1.4 cm long, 0.4 cm diameter, green; female flower ca.1.4 cm long with pedicel, pedicel 0.6 cm long; calyx 5, ca. 0.5-0.8 cm long, unequal, green; corolla 5, ca. 0.6 cm long, green, pubescent inside; glands 5 at disk, ca. 0.1 cm diameter, yellow; ovary ca. 25 cm, green; style 3, ca.0.1 cm, bi-partite, green, connate at the base. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The juice of the bark is used in the treatment of malarial fevers, and is also useful in reducing swellings caused by inflammation. This juice is also applied externally to treat burns, scabies, eczema and ringworm. The fresh bark is cut into small pieces and chewed or kept in the mouth for 1 - 2 hours in order to treat pyorrhoea. A paste of the bark is applied to the gums to treat wounds and swellings of the gums. The thin twigs are popularly used in Nepal as toothbrushes to treat toothache. They are considered especially good for treating bleeding and swollen gums. A leaf infusion is used as a diuretic, for bathing, to treat coughs, and as an enema in treating convulsions and fits. The leaves are also used to treat jaundice, fevers, rheumatic pains, guinea worm sores and poor development of the foetus in pregnant women. In Ghana the ashes from the burnt leaves are applied by rectal injection for treating haemorrhoids. The juice of the leaves, or the latex, is applied directly to wounds and cuts as a styptic and astringent to clean teeth, gums, and to treat sores on the tongue and in the mouth. It is also considered useful for treating decayed teeth. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 5alpha-stigmastane-3,6-dione; nobiletin; beta-sitosterol; taraxerol; 2S-tetracosanoic acid glyceride-1; 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxycoumarin; jatropholone A; jatropholone B; 6-methoxy-7-hydroxycoumarin; caniojane; 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde; 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzoic acid; daucosterol; campesterol; stigmasterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Jatropholone; Stigmasterol; Nobiletin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266529
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Jatropha+curcas
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28393
- http://www.jipb.net/Abstract_old.aspx?id=3527
- http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100_40422012001100022 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : ~ Kazhila C. Chinsembu and Marius Hedimbi; "Ethnomedicinal plants and other natural products with anti-HIV active compounds and their putative modes of action"; International Journal for Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Research (2010); 1(6): 74-91 PMID : ~ Das, DC.; Sinha, NK.; Chattopadhyay JC.; Das M. and Samanta P.; "The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis in south west Bengal of India"; International Journal of Phytomedicine (2013); 5: 14-17 PMID : ~ Tambekar D. H., D. S. Jaitalkar and M. V. Kavitkar; "STUDIES ON ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM LONAR LAKE"; Science Research Reporter (2012); 2(3): 268-273 PMID : ~ Patil, R.N.; Patil, R.Y.; Ahirwar, B. and Ahirwar, D.; "Evaluation of antidiabetic and related actions of some Indian medicinal plants in diabetic rats"; Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine (2011); 20-23 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Euphorbiales |
| Family | : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family |
| Genus | : Jatropha L. - nettlespurge |
| Species | : Jatropha curcas L. - Barbados nut |