JATROPHA, the CASSADA PLANT, in botany, a genus of the monoclea monadelphia class. The male has no calix; the corolla consists of one funnel-shaped petal; and the stamens are ten. The female has no calix; the corolla consists of five petals; the styli are three, and bifid; the capsule has three cells, and contains but one seed. There are seven species, none of them natives of Britain.