jatropha

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a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

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Gold Star Biofuels a subsidiary of Gold Star Farms Ltd., is cultivating five million acres of land in Ghana to plant jatropha for the production of biofuels for export. Source: Internet

The plant, which processes jatropha, cotton seed, sunflower and soya, among others, to produce bio-diesel, is a joint venture between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Youn Woo Investments of South Korea. Source: Internet

Of this, almost 5 million hectares - an area bigger than the Netherlands - are reportedly intended for agrofuel, including jatropha, oil palm and sweet sorghum. Source: Internet

Today much of the forest cover comprises relatively immature agroforestry plantations, in which are used non-native species such as Prosopis juliflora, Leucaena leucocephala and Jatropha curcas. Source: Internet

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