Pokok Jarak
Minat untuk mengetahui mengenai ilmu pertanian semakin mudah bila ada internet. Hanya dengan menaip kata kunci dan menekan button search, beribu maklumat dihujung jari terhidang. 1) Info mengenai tanaman Pokok Jarak diperolehi daripada laman web www.farmbond.com. 2) The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae Its seed is called the castor bean, and it is the source of castor oil. Although castor is indigenous to the Egypt, Ethiopia and India, today it is widespread throughout tropical regions such as China, Brazil and Thailand. 3)The castor plant has many uses, particularly the yellowish oil obtained fron the seeds. There are an astonishing number of industrial applications for castor oil and its derivatives (estimated more than 3000 applications), and new ones are continually being discovered. 4) Its application range is from cosmetics, paints, synthetic resins and varnishes, to the areas of plastics, jet engine