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What is a [Jatropha Curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Tree?
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[Jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) is a seasonal shrub or tree. It is drought-resistant and simple to grow in tropical to semi-tropical areas. The plant lives for up to 50 years and might grow nearly 20 feet (6 m.) high. It has a deep, thick taproot which makes it adaptable to bad, dry soil. The leaves are oval, lobed, and deciduous. Overall, the plant is not particularly aesthetically appealing, but it does get appealing green cymes of flowerets which become a tri-compartment fruit with large black seeds. These large black seeds are the reason for all the hullaballoo, since they are high in burnable oil. A [fascinating](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) piece of Jatropha tree [details](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) is that it is noted as a weed in Brazil, Fiji, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Salvador. This proves how [adaptable](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and sturdy the plant is even when presented to a brand-new region. [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) growing can produce oil that is an [excellent alternative](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to present biofuels. Its usefulness has been challenged, but it holds true the plant can produce seeds with an oil material of 37%. Unfortunately, it is still a part of the food vs. fuel dispute, as it requires land that could go into [food production](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/). Scientists are attempting to establish a "very [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)" with larger seeds and, for that reason, bigger oil yields.
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[Jatropha Curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Cultivation
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Plant Care and Growth
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The plant is easy to grow from cuttings or seed. Cuttings lead to quicker maturity and quicker seed production. It chooses warm climates, but it can a light frost. The deep taproot makes it drought-tolerant, although the best development will be attained with additional watering sometimes. It doesn't have any major illness or bug issues in its natural areas. It might be pruned, however flowers and fruit kind on terminal growth, so it is best to wait till after flowering. No other Jatropha plant care is essential. This plant is helpful as a hedge or living fence, or simply as an ornamental stand-alone specimen.
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