Jatropha podagrica Hook.

Family : Euphorbiaceae

Common name : Gout plant, Buddha belly plant.

Medicinal uses :

🍀It is used for pain relief, reduction of swelling, jaundice, gonorrhea.

🍀Root is used for parasitic skin infection.

🍀Leaf juice applied to hemorrhoids.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and Conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha)