Noun: Jatropha curcus
- Small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
"Local craftsmen used the Jatropha curcus tree for its purple dye";
- physic nut
Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
Part of: genus Jatropha, Jatropha