Jatropha
Curcas
– tropical crop with minimal water source.
The scientific name of Jatropha Curcas is Jatropha Curcas L and
its origin is believed to be Central America, which currently found in huge
densities in the Asian and African countries. Physically, Jatropha
Curcas grows like a small tree or shrub with 2 – 8 meters high
and has large green leaves with three to five lobes.
Jatropha Curcas is a long term crop, which starts providing its
effective harvest after 18 – 24 months depending upon the
soil and the climatic conditions. The Jatropha Curcas plant
grows like a small tree or shrub and has a long lifetime of
40-50 years. The plantation can be grown in waste lands and requires
a minimum maintenance and when compared to other crops.
The plant doesn't take much water to survive and requires
minimal of water source equivalent to 250 mm of annual
rainfall, which enables us to grow jatropha curcas plantations
marginal land or even in arid regions, where other common
plantation crops cannot be grown.
Jatropha curcas is grows well in tropical and subtropical
climatic conditions. Even when Jatropha adapts with lower
temperatures it cannot withstand a frost and grows well at 20-32
deg mean annual temperature and its ideal altitude
ranges from 0 to 500 m.
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