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Ricinus communis
Deadly poisonous — never eat any part of it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
Dangerous to: cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, dogs, cats
If an animal has eaten this, call your vet.
About
Ricinus communis, the castor bean or castor oil plant, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae.
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ricinus communis
- Slug
- ricinus-communis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Ricinus
- Species
- communis
- Wikidata QID
- Q155867
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 5
- Data completeness
- 43
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