Jatropha seeds are likely to be dispersed only by running water.
Henning has found Brazilian
jatropha seeds that contain 40 percent oil — about the same as canola and more than twice the 18 percent contained in soybeans.
As the company has demonstrated elsewhere in the world, it is possible to make jet fuel from plant oils — whether they come from
jatropha seeds, the flowering weed camelina or any other oil - producing plant.
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Not exact matches
The biofuel is produced from the
seed of
Jatropha curcas.
Both parcels of land will be used to cultivate
Jatropha curcas, the
seeds of which will be refined into biodiesel.
Jatropha Basics For those not up on
Jatropha, it is a small tree or shrub, the leaves and
seeds of which are toxic on ingestion to both animals and people, which produces
seeds with a high oil content and a high yield per hectare.