Jatropha Products

Below are some of the products for jatropha. Except the seed hulls all other are used for some purpose. The table lists the jatropha products along with their uses.

Jatropha Product 1

Seeds

Uses

  • Insecticides
  • Molluscidies
  • Medicine against Constipation
  • Lighting
  • Oil production
Jatropha Product 2

Deshelled seeds

Uses

  • For soap production
  • Used as diesel
  • Fuel for cooking stoves
  • Diesel for high tech motors
  • For biodiesel Production
Jatropha Product 3

Oil

Uses

  • Soap Production
  • As a lubricating oil
  • As a cosmetics
  • As a analyzer for fatty acids
  • As a Analyzer for oils
Jatropha Product 4

Press cake

Uses

  • As a organic fertilizer
Jatropha Product 5

Leaves

Uses

  • Tea against malaria
  • Massage
  • Used as a disinfectant
Jatropha Product 6

Liquid

Uses

  • Used as a disinfectant
  • To stop bleeding
Jatropha Product 7

Seed hulls

Uses

  • These are waste products
Jatropha Product 8

Trunk

Uses

  • No use as a fire wood since they are too soft and has high water content
  • Used to make small cheese boxes