Jatropha Integerrima is here to change that! This striking tree offers vibrant red blooms and thrives with minimal effort, ...

Jatropha, it turned out, was much harder to grow than once thought. Yields were inconsistent, and many farmers didn't have the training needed to manage commercial-scale crops.

Jatropha, a hardy, drought resistant plant that grows oil-heavy fruit, was supposed to be the salvation of the biodiesel industry. The plant, which was targeted for an $80 million pilot project by ...

Like Hollywood, the world of biofuels has its celebrity crops: They are suddenly darlings, then just as suddenly they are all but forgotten. These days the hot crop is algae. Dozens of well-funded ...

The Jatropha Boom, Then Bust. Investors loved the idea. Around 2007 and 2008, they threw money at Jatropha projects, including huge plantations covering tens of thousands of acres, ...

Jatropha has been championed as a major environmental opportunity for developing countries with a semi-arid climate and marginal soil. Scientists have been investigating whether this small, hardy ...

Jatropha podagrica is a succulent species characterized by its unusual shape and growth habit. Commonly known as gout plant, it has a lumpy swollen stem that produces large deeply lobed leaves ...

Even jatropha's keenest supporters acknowledge that there remains much work to be done to find out which varieties of jatropha will thrive best in a whole range of climatic conditions. But the most ...

BP Plc, Europe's second-largest oil company, will exit its jatropha biofuel project with D1 Oils Plc to focus on production of ethanol in Brazil and the U.S. and advance biobutanol development.

BP has indeed given up on jatropha, the shrub once touted as the great hope for biofuels, and walked away from its jatropha joint venture for less than $1 million. Speculation abounded this summer ...

HIRIYUR, India -- Until recently, B.K. Nagendrappa didn't care much at all about jatropha, an ugly wild green shrub that thrives in India. Now, the coconut grower hopes to plant as many as 12 ...

Jatropha was heavily invested in in Africa, but now it failing badly, with. A look at the leading biofuels, especially Jatropha, in the third world.