Jatropha curcas, Kammatti, Kattuvanakku, Curcas nut, Jatropha, കമ്മട്ടി, കാട്ടാവണക്ക്

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Vernacular names: Kammatti, Kattuvanakku, കമ്മട്ടി, കാട്ടാവണക്ക് (Malayalam), Curcas nut, Jatropha (English), Dravanti (Sanskrit), Rajanjot (Hindi), Kaattuamanku, Kaattukkottai (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of Tropical America; now widespread in Paleotropics
Description: Shrubs. Leaves shallowly 5-lobed or entire. Flowers yellowish-green in terminal or axillary, monoecious panicled cymes. Capsule ellipsoid, rugose on drying.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Often grown as live fence posts
Flowering & Fruiting: May-August

Parts used: Fruits and seeds
Properties & Uses: Anthelmintic, insecticidal and anti-rheumatic. The fruit and seed are used for the treatment of chronic dysentery, urinary discharges, biliousness, anemia, fistula and heart diseases. The leaf juice is used as an external application to arrest bleeding from wounds and ulcers.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
Traditional Uses:Root bark boiled with water and the decoction is used to rinse mouth to relieve tooth ache and stains of tooth.
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