Jatropha curcas

Agro-ecological Zone
Lowlands to Midlands

Growth rate	Management practices	Invasiveness	Leafing Phenology	Location
Fast	Pruning, trimming as a hedge	No	Deciduous	Rwanda

Country	Rainfall	Temperature	Altitude	Soil
Rwanda	300-1000	20-28	0-1650	Grows on well-drained soils with good aeration and is well adapted to marginal soils with low nutrient content. On heavy soils, root formation is reduced

Kinyarwanda
Umubira/ Icyomoro

Family	Products	Niche	AFD Taxon	AFD Link	Useful Tropical Plant Taxon	Useful Tropical Plant Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Euphorbiaceae	Medicine, Bean Stakes	Cropland boundary, Scattered in cropland, Homestead boundary/live fence	Jatropha curcas	Link	Jatropha curcas	Link	Ornamental, Live fence	Link

Origin	Location
Exotic	Bugesera