Jetropha: Europe's Answer for Biofuel?
The Cinderella Plant
Africans used to think jatropha was a worthless bush.
Now it may be an important new source of energy.
Feb. 19, 2007
Jatropha Circas is the Cinderella of the plant world. Throw a seed in the poorest soil on the planet, and up comes a bush that will likely last 50 years. During a drought, jatropha bushes simply drop their leaves and keep pumping out seedpods. ..
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