Mupfuta kana mufuta (Jatropha curcas) muti unowanikwa muZimbabwe unobereka muchero unonzi pfuta - rupfuta kana chiri chimwe. Pfuta dzinopwanyiwa dzichisvinwa mafuta anoshanda kufambisa muchina. Masvisvinwa acho anoshandiswa sechidyo chezvipufyo kana kupiswa achifashaidza mvura yekumhanyisa gwenya remagetsi, kana kushanda semanyowa 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.