Taneman niki wijinipun saged kadamel lisah biasa kasebat "castor oil", biasanipun kanggé minyak pelumas, ugi kanggé bahan damel biofuel (bahan bakar saking taneman) awujud biodiesel (meh sami bahan bakar solar nanging saking tuwuhan). Sanèsipun punika inggih saged kadamel lisah gorèng, jarak kepyar niki ngandhut asem palmitat, nadyan wiji jarak kepyar niki ngandhut racun wujud ricin, nanging racun niki ical menawi dipunbenteraken. Ngatos-atos menawi kadhahar wiji jarak niki wetawis 18 iji saged tilar donya (Wijayakusuma, 1982)