Few facts about Jatropha

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As a beginning of this site want to share with you about this wonder plant Jatropha curcas Linn from seed to oil. Jatropha is native to Mexico and Central America.Its origin was found in Central America over 70 million years ago. It has milky sap that can irritate our skin. Jatropha belongs to Euphorbiaceous family and it’s genus [Jatropha] comprising 170 species. is a small tree or shrub with a lifespan of nearly 50 years. This plant is monoecious and female flowers generally in large size and occurs in hot season.It comes under cross pollinated category and pollination occurs through insects. The fruits are fleshy until it matures and the shape of the fruit is trilocular ellipsoidal. At the stage of fruits turns to yellow complete harvesting and cleaned seed decorticated before expelling. The oil content varies based on age of plant, but we can expect average around 30% oil from a 4 years plant.
 
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johan

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Water retention method part of complete project?

My ref: IENG 373111, MIET 505330 registration with IET in GB, jatropha shrub.

Dear Sir,

At present can you tell me please if you use a shredder for making mulch from the twigs and prunings from the branches of the (jatropha) shrub?
What is the make and design of the shredder that you know (if any)?

I noted that the mulch is used for water retention when spread around the base of the shrub and subsequently it turns into compost to enrich the soil of the plant roots.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you, kind regards,

Johan Schiphorst
 

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