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Ricinus communis - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Ricinus communis - Dry fruit and seed - Click to enlarge!

Dry fruit and seed; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Ricinus communis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Ricinus communis - Leaf upper side - Click to enlarge!

Leaf upper side; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Ricinus communis - Leaf from below - Click to enlarge!

Leaf from below; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Ricinus communis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Ricinus communis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Villa Taranto, Stresa, Italy; 8/2005 © Jan Grenz

Dataset

Identifier: 389
Date of entry: 01.09.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Castor bean

German: Rizinus

Mandarin: 蓖麻 (bi ma)

Portuguese: Mamon

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Malpighiales (100)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (79)(family description)

          Genus: Ricinus (1)

            Epithet: communis L. (8)

communis => common, or growing in society

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

External links

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