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Jatropha podagrica

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fdfeaee660587813090
Scientific name Jatropha podagrica
Authority Hook.
First published in Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4376 (1848)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
The plant is a source of a non-edible seed oil. It is a “physical oilseed,” as oil is accumulated in the endosperm and expressed via pressing.

Industrial and craft applications:
The seed cake after oil extraction has been proposed for use in biofuel and other energy applications, though those uses are primarily academic.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No documented edible uses or food applications are recorded.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented use as a dye, ink, or tannin source.

Wood and fiber:
No documented timber or fiber use.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented use in fragrances or cosmetic products is reported.

Properties relevant to use:
The seed oil is a non-drying oil that exhibits moderate iodine values and saponification numbers consistent with triacylglycerols dominated by saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, particularly palmitic (C16:0) and oleic (C18:1). Oil content is typically modest (around 20–30% w/w). The seed meal is protein-rich but contains toxic phorbol esters and curcin, which require detoxification or limitation for feed or bioenergy feedstocks.

Standards and regulation:
The species is generally treated as a non-food oilseed under national biosafety and phytosanitary frameworks where cultivated; phorbol esters impose hazardous classification limits for seed cake disposal or utilization. No ISO/ASTM standard specifically addresses Jatropha podagrica products.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Seeds are harvested from ornamental shrubs; industrial-scale oil production has not been established. Reported agronomic advantages for energy use are superior to commercialized physic nut (Jatropha curcas), but commercial supply is very limited. The presence of phorbol esters complicates co-product valorization and waste management.

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Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English goutystalk nettlespurge
English bottleplant shrub
English buddha belly plant
English gout plant
English guatemalan rhubarb
Bengali বুদ্ধপেটি জয়তী
Czech dávivec odulý
Indonesian jarak bali
Japanese サンゴアブラギリ
jv jarak bali
Malayalam ജട്രോഫ പൊഡഗ്രിക
Burmese တစ်ပင်ရွှေထီး
Burmese တစ်ပင်ရွှေထီး၊ အပင်
Sinhala විෂ්කුම්භ
Thai หนุมานนั่งแท่น
Vietnamese ngô đồng cảnh
Vietnamese dầu lai lá sen
Chinese 珊瑚油桐
Chinese 佛杜树
Chinese 一种维管植物
Chinese 佛肚树

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000219893
USDA Plants JAPO
Tropicos 12800226
INPN 447148
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:350415-1
The Plant List kew-104848
Open Tree Of Life 610099
NCBI Taxonomy 454933
Nature Serve 2.151870
IPNI 350415-1
iNaturalist 154558
GBIF 3073016
Freebase /m/03d8nnn
EPPO IATPO
EOL 1156021
USDA GRIN 20703
Wikipedia Jatropha_podagrica

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_947857235.1 Jp-NYBG654-70B-DRAFT-NextGenCassava-1.0 Contig Cornell University 2023-04-08 149 302.11 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Separation Methods of Phenolic Compounds from Plant Extract as Antioxidant Agents Candidate Susanti I, Pratiwi R, Rosandi Y, Hasanah AN Plants (Basel) 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11013868
doi:10.3390/plants13070965
PMID:38611494
The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10896657
doi:10.1155/2024/6678557
PMID:38410808
Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
A Comprehensive Review of the Classification, Sources, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Norditerpenes Zeng N, Zhang Q, Yao Q, Fu G, Su W, Wang W, Li B Molecules 21-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10780140
doi:10.3390/molecules29010060
PMID:38202643
Antiviral Effects of Secondary Metabolites from Jatropha podagrica Leaves against the Pseudotyped Virus of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Jang YS, Lee DE, Ju DU, Jeong SY, Ko YJ, Pang C, Kang KS, Gwon HJ, Yoo HM, Kim KH Plants (Basel) 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708114
doi:10.3390/plants12233942
PMID:38068579
Bioactivity of Fractions and Pure Compounds from Jatropha cordata (Ortega) Müll. Arg. Bark Extracts Jiménez-Nevárez YB, Montes-Avila J, Angulo-Escalante MA, Nolasco-Quintana NY, González Christen J, Hurtado-Díaz I, Quintana-Obregón EA, Heredia JB, Valdez-Torres JB, Alvarez L Plants (Basel) 06-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10649229
doi:10.3390/plants12213780
PMID:37960136
Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Updates on Apiospora: Introducing Four New Species from Wurfbainia villosa and Grasses in China Liao C, Senanayake IC, Dong W, Thilini Chethana KW, Tangtrakulwanich K, Zhang Y, Doilom M J Fungi (Basel) 06-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10671859
doi:10.3390/jof9111087
PMID:37998892
Ornamental plants associated with Buddhist figures in China Xu X, Yan C, Ma Z, Wang Q, Zhao J, Zhang R, He L, Zheng W J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10210299
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00595-3
PMID:37231442
Pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 31-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10064853
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7899
PMID:37009439
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Diversity of the Bambusicolous Fungus Apiospora in Korea: Discovery of New Apiospora Species Kwon SL, Cho M, Lee YM, Lee H, Kim C, Kim GH, Kim JJ Mycobiology 28-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9645279
doi:10.1080/12298093.2022.2133808
PMID:36404898
The anti‐Trypanosoma activities of medicinal plants: A systematic review of the literature Nekoei S, Khamesipour F, Habtemariam S, de Souza W, Mohammadi Pour P, Hosseini SR Vet Med Sci 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9677405
doi:10.1002/vms3.912
PMID:36037401
New Diterpenes with Potential Antitumoral Activity Isolated from Plants in the Years 2017–2022 Forzato C, Nitti P Plants (Basel) 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9460660
doi:10.3390/plants11172240
PMID:36079622
Genetic evaluation of Jatropha backcross hybrid clones (BC4F1) for yield and oil quality Jawahar Vishnu MV, Parthiban KT, Umadevi M, Sudhagar RJ, Fernandaz CC, Javed T, Kumar U, Alotaibi SS Front Genet 19-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9449966
doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.953486
PMID:36092875
Pharmacological Potential of Lathyrane-Type Diterpenoids from Phytochemical Sources Vela F, Ezzanad A, Hunter AC, Macías-Sánchez AJ, Hernández-Galán R Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 23-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9318715
doi:10.3390/ph15070780
PMID:35890079

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
(1R,3R,5R,7S,10S,11E)-1,10-dihydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyltricyclo[10.3.0.05,7]pentadeca-11,14-diene-2,13-dione 162842492 Click to see 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
(1S,3R,5R,7S,10S,11E)-1,10-dihydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyltricyclo[10.3.0.05,7]pentadeca-11,14-diene-2,13-dione 101346289 Click to see 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
(2S,4S,7S,9R,11R,15R)-15-hydroxy-4,8,8,11,15-pentamethyl-3-oxatetracyclo[11.3.0.02,4.07,9]hexadec-1(13)-ene-12,16-dione 122390582 Click to see 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
(2S,4S,7S,9R,11R,15S)-15-hydroxy-4,8,8,11,15-pentamethyl-3-oxatetracyclo[11.3.0.02,4.07,9]hexadec-1(13)-ene-12,16-dione 162889376 Click to see 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
1,10-Dihydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyltricyclo[10.3.0.05,7]pentadeca-11,14-diene-2,13-dione 494785 Click to see 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
15-Hydroxy-4,8,8,11,15-pentamethyl-3-oxatetracyclo[11.3.0.02,4.07,9]hexadec-1(13)-ene-12,16-dione 162889374 Click to see CC1CC2C(C2(C)C)CCC3(C(O3)C4=C(C1=O)CC(C4=O)(C)O)C 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50532001000200022
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Tigliane and ingenane diterpenoids
(1S,2S,6R,10S,11R,12S,13S,14R,15R)-1,6,13,14-tetrahydroxy-8,12-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4,12,15-trimethyltetracyclo[8.5.0.02,6.011,13]pentadeca-3,8-dien-5-one 162901322 Click to see 380.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(84)83091-5
1,6,13,14-Tetrahydroxy-8,12-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4,12,15-trimethyltetracyclo[8.5.0.02,6.011,13]pentadeca-3,8-dien-5-one 162901321 Click to see 380.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(84)83091-5
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Peptides / Oligopeptides
cyclo[Ala-Gly-Gly-Leu-Leu-Gly-Ala-Val-Trp] 15280590 Click to see CC1C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NCC(=O)NCC(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NCC(=O)N1)CC(C)C)CC(C)C)C)CC2=CNC3=CC=CC=C32)C(C)C 825.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00912-4
Podacycline B 15280591 Click to see 693.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00912-4
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Diazines / Pyrazines
Tetramethylpyrazine 14296 Click to see 136.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.3109/13880208509069013
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Oxanes
(1R,3R,5R,7S,10S,11E,14S,16S)-1,10-dihydroxy-3,6,6,10,14-pentamethyl-15-oxatetracyclo[10.4.0.05,7.014,16]hexadec-11-ene-2,13-dione 23727647 Click to see CC1CC2C(C2(C)C)CCC(C=C3C(=O)C4(C(C3(C1=O)O)O4)C)(C)O 348.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Tetrahydrofurans
(1S,2E,7R,9S,13R)-7-hydroxy-1,5,9,12,12-pentamethyl-16-oxatricyclo[11.2.1.03,7]hexadeca-2,5-diene-4,8-dione 162870518 Click to see CC1CCC(C2CCC(O2)(C=C3C(=O)C(=CC3(C1=O)O)C)C)(C)C 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021
(1S,7R,9S,13R)-7-hydroxy-1,5,9,12,12-pentamethyl-16-oxatricyclo[11.2.1.03,7]hexadeca-2,5-diene-4,8-dione 162870520 Click to see 332.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2007.05.021

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