Although summer is often wet in Kona, you might want to start thinking about the dry times ahead while planting some flowering plants in your summer. Consider a few jatropha varieties that are ...

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 ...

Asia explores plant-based fuel additives Jatropha: India, Indonesia and the Philippines are at the forefront of using seeds from this wild bush to produce biodiesel, a fuel derived from natural oils ...

FARIDABAD, India — Indians know better than to eat the plum-sized fruit of the wild jatropha bush. It's poisonous enough to kill. But with oil prices surging, the lowly jatropha is experiencing a ...