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Jatropha Curcas
The physic nut tree of tropical America. This
plant contains a milky, acrid, glutinous juice, which forms a
permanent stain when dropped on linen, and which might form a good
marking ink. Burning oil is expressed from the seeds in the
Philippine Islands; the oil, boiled with oxide of iron, is used in
China as a varnish. It is used in medicine in various ways, the
leaves for fomentations, the juice in treating ulcers, and the
seeds as purgatives.
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