Accession Data

Ricinus communis

Common Name: Castor Bean Plant

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Country of Origin: northeast Africa

Uses: Seeds are the source of castor oil.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200900089

Accession Date: 2009-11-30 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1115

Quantity: 2

Source: Thompson & Morgan 2009 (seed)

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Malpighiales

Family: Euphorbiaceae

SubFamily: Acalyphoideae

Tribe: Acalypheae

SubTribe: Ricininae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2010

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 8 June 2015.
  3. Ricinus at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
  4. 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.

Images

Ricinus communis
Ricinus communis