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</p><p><b>JAT-roh-fuh</b> or <b>jat-ROH-fuh</b> -- the Greek <i>iatrós</i> (doctor) and <i>trophé</i> (food)
<b>KUR-kas</b> -- from the vernacular name for this plant
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: angular-leaved physic nut, Barbados nut, bed bug plant, big purge nut, black vomit nut, Brazilian stinging nut, bubble-bush, curcas bean, false croton oil plant (trade name), fig nut, jatropha, moghul castor oil plant (trade name), physic nut, pig nut, poison nut, purging nut, wild castor • <b>Assamese</b>: bongali-botora, bongali era, salika kund • <b>Bengali</b>: বগভেরেণ্ডা bagbherenda • <b>Gujarati</b>: જમાલગોટો jamalgoto, પારસી એરંડો parsi erenda, રતનજ્યોત ratanjyot • <b>Hindi</b>: बगरेण्डी bagrendi, जंगली अरंडी jangli arandi, रतनजोत ratanjot • <b>Kannada</b>: ಬೆಟ್ಟದಹರಳು bettadaharalu, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹರಳು dodda haralu, ಕಾನನಎರಮ್ಡ kananaeramda • <b>Konkani</b>: मोगली एरण्डी mogli erandi • <b>Malayalam</b>: katalavanakku, kattamank • <b>Manipuri</b>: অৱা কেগে awa kege • <b>Marathi</b>: मोगली एरंड mogali eranda • <b>Mizo</b>: kangdamdawi, thingthau • <b>Oriya</b>: dhalajahaji, jahazigaba • <b>Punjabi</b>: jamalgota, kalaerenda • <b>Sanskrit</b>: द्रवन्ती dravanti, कानन एरण्ड kanana eranda, मूषिकापर्णी musikaparni, पार्वतएरण्ड parvataeranda, व्याघ्रएरण्ड vyaghraeranda • <b>Tamil</b>: ஆதளை atalai, காட்டாமணக்கு kattamanakku • <b>Telugu</b>: అడవి ఆముదపుచెట్టు adavi amudapu-chettu
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: central America, tropical South America; naturalized elsewhere in tropics
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Physic%20Nut.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20692">NPGS / GRIN</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/jatropha_curcas.htm">PIER species info</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Jatropha.html">M.M.P.N.D.</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wwwfrienvisnicin/jatrophahtm">FRI ENVIS</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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