amazing truly is <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Joseph Maina <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mainasoft00@gmail.com">mainasoft00@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Guys<div><br></div><div>The species found in Kenya called  <i><font color="#ff0000">Croton megalocarpus</font></i>  ( in Kikuyu we call that Mukinduri) ...... can do this </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">It has recently been shown in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">Kenya</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> that </span><i style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">Croton</i><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> nuts, such as those from </span><i style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_megalocarpus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Croton megalocarpus (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background-image:none;background-color:initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">C. megalocarpus</a></i><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">,</span><sup style="line-height:1em;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;white-space:nowrap;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">[4]</a></sup><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> are a more economical source of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel" title="Biofuel" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">biofuel</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> than </span><i style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas" title="Jatropha curcas" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Jatropha</a></i><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">. In Kenya, Jatropha requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil" title="Jatropha oil" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">biofuel</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">, while </span><i style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">Croton</i><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> trees grow wild and yield about .35 litres of oil per kilo of nuts. </span><i style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">Croton</i><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> trees are planted as a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak" title="Windbreak" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">windbreak</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"> in Kenya and its use as a source of biofuel may benefit rural economies there. As arable land is under population pressure, people have been cutting down the windbreaks to expand farmland. This new use may save the windbreaks which should help fight</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification" style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-image:none" target="_blank">desertification</a><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">.</span> <div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, geoffrey gitagia <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ggitagia@gmail.com" target="_blank">ggitagia@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa 
<a href="http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316" target="_blank">http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316</a> <div><div></div><div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joemwirigi@gmail.com" target="_blank">joemwirigi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">@geoffrey -&gt;<h3 style="border-bottom-width:initial;padding-top:0.5em;width:auto;margin-bottom:0.3em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-color:initial;border-bottom-style:none;line-height:19px;margin-right:0px;font-size:17px;margin-left:0px;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:0px;background-image:none">



<span>Traditional uses</span></h3><p style="line-height:19px;margin-right:0px;font-size:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:0.4em">
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil" title="Croton oil" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Croton oil</a> has been used in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">traditional Chinese medicine</a> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol" title="Phorbol" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">phorbol</a> and its tumor-promoting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate" title="12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:initial;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">esters</a>.</p>



<p style="line-height:19px;margin-right:0px;font-size:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:0.4em">\On the wiki u pointed us to</p><i><font color="#666666">_______________________________________________________________<br>



We must Keep on, <br>   </font></i><div><div><br>  <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ggitagia@gmail.com" target="_blank">ggitagia@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



nothing on Wikipedia about that<div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)</a> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tonatech@gmail.com" target="_blank">tonatech@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.<div>




<br></div><div>Can someone shed some light please.<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards<br>
<br>Memusi<br><br>Communication is vital in this century....<br>
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