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Jatropha

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Jatropha
a genus of the plant family Euphorbiaceae; some plants contain unidentified purgatives and cause diarrhea. Includes J. curcas (physic or purging nut), J. gossypifolia (bellyache bush), J. stimulosa (spurge nettle); others cause cyanide poisoning, e.g. J. multifida (umbrella tree, coral bush).
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But, as the soft-spoken forester admits during a tour of his jatropha fields in central Mozambique, that's not saying much.
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Its joint venture with BP to plant 544,000 acres of the biofuel crop Jatropha curcas has failed to attract a third investor.
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