Jatropha

Nome científico: Jatropha, do grego iatrós – doutor, + trophe – alimento
Família: Euphorbiaceae
Género: Jatropha
Espécie: J. curcas

Was once used as both medicine and nurishment; nicknamed “green gold” on the archipelago, as it played a key role in its economy in the 19th Century, when its seeds were exported for production of soap.