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Title: Jatropha curcas Hope or Hype?


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Jatropha curcas Hope or Hype?
  • Wagner Vendrame
  • Associate Professor
  • TREC, Homestead

Heller, 1996
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What is Jatropha?
  • Family Euphorbiaceae
  • Genus Jatropha 170 species
  • Jatropha curcas L.
  • Physic Nut, Barbados Nut, Purging Nut, Curcas
    Bean
  • Small tree or large shrub, 12-15ft tall
  • Perennial

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  • Diversity in the
  • genus
  • Jatropha

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B
C
E
D
A
Diversity in the genus Jatropha botanical
illustration of Jatropha curcas (A) J.
grossidentata (B), J. excisa (C), J. clavuligera
(D), and J. weddeliana. Photos and illustration
by B. Dehgan.
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  • a. flowering branch
  • b. bark
  • c. leaf venation
  • d. pistillate flower
  • e. staminate flower
  • f. cross-section of
  • immature fruit
  • g. fruits
  • h. longitudinal
  • section of fruits
  • i. seed
  • (a - c and f- i from
  • Aponte 1978 d and
  • e from Dehgan 1984)
  • (reprinted with
  • Permission, Heller 1996)

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J. curcas belt
oil palm belt
J. curcas belt
Global indication of the most suitable climates
for J. curcas (30 N 35 S) Claims and Facts
on Jatropha curcas, (Jongschaap et al., 2007)
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Where can it be grown in FL?
  • Cultivated in the tropics as living fence
  • Zones 9-11
  • Full sun
  • Drought tolerant
  • Marginal soils

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Jatropha curcas plantation in Mexico
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A
A. Bielenberg ram press for oil extraction from
J. curcas seeds B. Soap production from J. curcas
oil C. Perkins engine with generator converted
to run on Jatropha oil
C
Photos courtesy of R. K. Henning
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Uses for Jatropha curcas (modified from Heller
1996).
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Renewable Energy
Jatropha Crop
Use in Vehicles
Biofuel Production
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Biofuels
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Acknowledgements
  • CALS UF
  • FDACS
  • Vecenergy, the energy division of the Vecellio
    Group
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