Jatropha Curcas

Jatropha Curcas
L.
Physic nut (E); Coquillo (S); Jaquillo (C,P); Kwiwala (Cu); Pinon (C,P) . The plant is used as a lilving fence post. the leaves are used as a fish poison and to fumigate for bedbugs. The poisonous nuts, mixed with palm oil to kill rats, or used to make soap and candles, are sometimes eaten after roasting. Bayano Cuna use the plant as a purgative (!). Styptic latex is used to cure piles and burns. Root ashes are used as a salt substitute. In Darien, gently boiled leaves are appliled as poultices to external ulcers; they are taken internally for jaundice (!). The latex serves as an antiseptic (!).

EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.

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