Example sentences for: gossypifolia

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  • Leaves of physic nut ( Jatropha curcas/gossypifolia ) are boiled and the decoction used to clean sores.

  • The leaf decoction of Jatropha gossypifolia is used for bathing wounds [ 83 ] . The stem sap stops bleeding and itching of cuts and scratches [ 84 85 ] . The leaf bath is used for sores, sprains, rash and bewitchment in Latin America and the Caribbean [ 52 86 ] . Poultices are used for sores and pain in Trinidad [ 52 ] . These uses are similar to the ethnoveterinary use.

  • The bark contains the alkaloid jatrophine and a lignan (jatrodien) is found in its stems [ 81 88 ] . The latex of Jatropha gossypifolia yielded two cyclic octapeptides (cyclogossine A and B) [ 85 89 ] .

  • Jatropha gossypifolia leaf contains histamine, apigenin, vitexin, isovitexin and tannins.


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