Jatropha curcas

Jatropha curcas

Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] tung tree, camphor wood, mulberry leaf.

[source] the root or bark of Jatropha nepalensis (Euphorbiaceae).

[plant morphology] Jatropha nepalensis

Deciduous small trees, about 5 m high. The bark is smooth and the twigs have yellow hairs. Leaves alternate, mostly clustered in branches; petioles 8-14 cm long, with yellow hairs, tender leaves reddish; leaves broad ovate, 12-18 cm long, 13-16 cm wide, apex caudate, base round or truncate, with a pair of glands, edge microwave, scattered yellow gland spots below. Raceme terminal. Capsule elliptic, with yellow hairs; seeds black, semicircular.

Born in mixed forest.

[collection] harvest in autumn

[nature and taste] it is mild in nature and pungent in taste.

[function indications] root: treat fracture, bone tuberculosis, two to three two tamping. Bark: treatment of rabies bites, one to two cooked glutinous rice porridge to eat.