Common name: Castor Bean Plant
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: northeast Africa
Description:
Uses: Seeds are the source of castor oil.
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USDA Zone:
Source: Thompson & Morgan 2009 (seed)
Provenance:
Restrictions:
Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
- SubFamily: Acalyphoideae
- Tribe: Acalypheae
- SubTribe: Ricininae
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 8 June 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 8 June 2015.
- Ricinus at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Alvesgaspar (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
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