Jatropha, a hardy, drought resistant plant that grows oil-heavy fruit, was supposed to be the salvation of the biodiesel industry. The plant, which was targeted for an $80 million pilot project by BP ...

Small flowering trees make lovely additions to landscapes in Hawaii. Though we have many choices, a few have characteristics that recommend them for multiple uses by Kona gardeners. The rose jatropha ...

Jatropha, a plant with toxic berries, is on its way to becoming the world's newest cash crop, if companies can figure out how to make its growing cycles as predictable as those of other crops. SG ...

I often think how quickly we become jaded by the flower displays in South Florida. We forget how lucky we are compared to our northern neighbors. Peregrina is one of our most dependable bloomers in ...

For generations, voodoo practitioners in rural Haiti have sworn by the mystic qualities of jatropha, an indigenous plant believed to purge evil spirits and release the trapped souls of the dead. But ...

There is a bush which has grown across the Americas, Africa and Asia for centuries. Could jatropha solve India's energy problems? (All pictures copyright D1 Oils plc) It has been used to make soap and ...

The oil-rich and weedy plant jatropha has been hailed as the most promising source of biofuel on the planet, and one airline has already begun testing a jatropha-derived fuel in its jumbo jets. But a ...

Scientists have identified the first step toward engineering a more drought-resistant variety of Jatropha, a potential biofuel plant. Jatropha has seeds with high oil content. But the oil’s potential ...

A woody shrub with big oily seeds could be the ideal source for biofuel. For hundreds of years, Africans in places such as Tanzania and Mali have used Jatropha curcas (jatropha) as a living fence. Now ...

A comprehensive new analysis of water use in biofuel crop production finds that jatropha, an oil-rich plant championed for its ability to grow in arid regions where food crops cannot, is the biggest ...

A small inedible seed from a Mexican tree is seen by some as the answer to the world’s fuel crisis. But the seed from the jatropha tree, used to make biofuels, is still hugely controversial in South ...

Jatropha – Jatropha integerrima, commonly called peregrina, spicy jatropha, or fire-cracker plant. Native to Cuba, Jatropha is a tropical for us, but in its native range it is a large shrub. It has an ...