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Jatropha Business
31 to 37 % of oil is extracted from a Jatropha seed.
Jatropha Curcas seed can be used as Bio diesel for any diesel engine
without modification
Selling treated Jatropha seeds, and quality sapling
Dark blue dye and wax can be produced from the bark of the Jatropha curcas
plants
Jatropha plant Stem is used as a poor quality wood : Bio fuel
Jatropha curcas leaves helps in dressing the wound.
Jatropha roots help in making yellow dye
Juice of the flowers of Jatropha curcas and the Jatropha stem has very
good medicinal properties
Pounded seeds are used in tanning
Press Cake : Jatropha becomes Organic fertilizer and soil improver
Jatropha curcas extracted oil are used as :
Bio Diesel, Varnishes, Illuminants, Soap, Pest control and Medicinal for
skin diseases, as purgative
Jatropha Curcas is resistant to drought and can be planted even in the
desert climates, and it thrives on any type of soil, grows almost
anywhere; in sandy, gravelly and saline soils.
Jatropha needs minimal input or management.
Jatropha has no inspect pests it is not browsed by cattle or sheep.
Jatropha Curcas can survive long periods of drought.
Jatropha Propagation is easy.
Jatropha Curcas growth is rapid; forms a thick live hedge after only a
month's planting.
Jatropha Curcas starts yielding from the second year onwards and continues
for 40 years.
The Meal after extraction an excellent organic manure
(38%Protien N:P:K ration 2.7:1.2:1).
Jatropha Curcas quickly establishes itself and will produce seeds round
the year if irrigated.
Other than extracting Bio diesel from Jatropha Curcas plant, the leaf and
the bark are used for various other industrial and pharmaceutical uses.
Localized production and availability of quality fuel restoration of
degraded land over a period of time.
Approximately 31 to 37 % of oil extracted from the Jatropha Curcas seed.
It can be used for any diesel engine without modification.
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