ROSARIO IZAPA, Mexico (Reuters) - All his life elderly Mexican farmer Gonzalo Cardenas has planted a stalky weed that grows wild in southern Mexico to form a sturdy live fence around his tropical ...

Although summer is often wet in Kona, you might want to start thinking about the dry times ahead while planting some flowering plants in your summer. Consider a few jatropha varieties that are ...

“This plant will save humanity, I tell you,” Singh proclaims, as he points to 1.2-meter-tall jatropha shrubs nearby. Someday, “every house will have jatropha!” As oil prices hover around $80 a barrel, ...

JAKARTA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia may be the first country in the world to commercially use biofuel produced from jatropha, a hardy drought-resistant shrub that produces an oil convertible into ...

Unless you’re a pharmacist, names like gout plant, physic nut and bellyache bush are unlikely to evoke much interest. But these and additional species of Jatropha – other than the popular peregrina – ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Plant science company SG Biofuels will partner with biotechnology firm ...

Kenya has embraced a hardy bush called jatropha curcas as the heart of a nascent biofuel industry. Proponents predict a future in which jatropha oil will power commercial jets and cars. But in Kenya, ...

My friend in Rangoon is a busy man. He manages a couple of companies in Burma’s commercial capital, helps raise his children and regularly makes merit at a Buddhist temple. He also spends time tending ...