<strong>The Peregrina (j. Integerrima) from Cuba</strong>

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<a href="https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889">jatropha</a>, (genus <a href="https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4">Jatropha</a>), member of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native in both New World and Old World tropics and containing about 175 species of milky-juiced herbs, shrubs, and trees, some useful for their oils or as ornamental plants in .
A garden curiosity is tartogo, or gouty <a href="https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb">jatropha</a> (J. podagrica), from Guatemala and Honduras; it has a short trunk that is swollen at the base, erect red clusters of small <a href="https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy">flowers borne</a> most of the year, and three- to five-lobed palmate (fanlike) leaves. The coral plant (J. multifida) from <a href="https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd">South America</a> is outstanding for its huge, deeply cut, 11-lobed leaves on plants, 3 m (10 feet) tall, bearing small, coral-red clusters of flowers.
The peregrina (J. integerrima) from Cuba, about 5 m tall with spadelike leaves sharply lobed at the base, bears crimson flower clusters the year round. J. berlandieri, a perennial 30 cm (12 inches) tall distributed from Texas to Central America, is characterized by long-stalked, purple flowers.
The barbados nut (J. curcas), with yellow-green flowers and three- to five-lobed leaves on trees 6 m tall from Mexico and Central America, produces seeds from which cooking oil, soap, and a strong purgative are obtained. The seeds themselves are eaten if thoroughly <a href="https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4">roasted</a> to remove the poison. The lac (a resinous substance) produced by a scale insect that feeds on the leaves is used to make a fine varnish for guitars.