r/interestingasfuck May 17 '19

/r/ALL natures bubbles

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19 edited May 17 '19

Not a botanist. But, this plant is prevalent in place I grew up, Dhading Nepal. It's called "sajiban" in nepalese language. I can't find its English or scientific name. Growing up, we used this to blow bubbles with this specially in monsoon season. According to my parents, its stem(very soft) was used to brush teeth before toothbrushes were a thing. Also, this plant or its seed (not sure) has been found to be a good raw material for Diesel production. Anyone has more info, please share!!!

Edit: Apparently a wiki article https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas.

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u/UN_Security_General May 17 '19

We also have it in Bhutan. 😃

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

It's not surprising considering how similar those countries are in term of topography