jatropha curcus(n = noun.plant) physic nut - small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities;
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
is a member of genus jatropha, jatropha

genus jatropha, jatropha, jatropha stimulosus, jatropha urens