Mupfuta

Mupfuta kana mufuta (Jatropha curcas) muti unowanikwa muZimbabwe unobereka muchero unonzi pfuta - rupfuta kana chiri chimwe.

Munda wePfuta kuParaguay Chaco

Pfuta dzinopwanyiwa dzichisvinwa mafuta anoshanda kufambisa muchina. Masvisvinwa acho anoshandiswa sechidyo chezvipufyo kana kupiswa achifashaidza mvura yekumhanyisa gwenya remagetsi, kana kushanda semanyowa

Tsumo

• Musikana rufuta, runobarika. A girl is like the seed of the castor-oil plant which scatters (from an exploding pod).
• Mwana kuchemera nyere yepfuta achairega yaputa. A child crying for a whistle (made from the castor oil plant) will abandon it when it shrivels.
• Mbudzi kukwira mufuta kufana rudzi. (If) a goat climbs a castor oil-plant, it imitates its own kind.
• Mhanza kutsvukira kuona pfuta. Shining baldness is due to oil applied.

Mbeu dzePfuta

Mufuta Eben, rarest animal in Africa