Jatropha Podagrica Buddha

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Jatropha podagrica 'Buddha Belly Plant' is a beautiful succulent plant which is usually grown as ornamental plant, it's a very medicinal & useful much more to humans, because the latex of Jatropha that contains an alkaloid which's known as 'Jatrophine' which is believed to have an anti-cancer properties.
It's also used for some skin diseases, rheumatism & for sores on domestic livestock 'animals'.
Also the white latex serves as a disinfectant in the mouth infections in children.
Please this is not a medical advice, kindly consult your physcisian before use.
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Beautiful and useful too. Thanks 😊

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Thanks for sharing this wonderful knowledge

Sepertinya saya pernah menggunakan getah pahon ini untuk pengobatan pada luka di tangan ku.

Woooooooooooow this is so beautiful, @udibekwe thank you very much for sharing

Great post, thank you for sharing the info about this flower.