ABSTRACT
This paper examined the multiple uses and benefits of the Jatropha plant and oil expressed from the seeds. The plant is useful in saving the environment from pollution. It supports employment generation and entrepreneurship development. Furthermore, Jatropha has potentials in use as energy crop, forestry crop, and for soil conservation and industrial applications. These and other applications are attractive factors that can be used as justification and need for the cultivation of the plant in unused, barren and marginal lands. The paper emphasized the need for intensive research to improve the variability of this multipurpose natural gift to mankind to enhance its multifunctional benefits to countries that cultivate it and to the generality of mankind. |
KEYWORDS: |
Jatropha curcas, medicinal, industrial, environmental values, other applications |
