Ricinus communis

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Flowerhead of the Castor. Bean (<i>Ricinus communis</i>) showing the red female flowers on the immature seedpods. The males flowers are cream and appear below the female flowers. This evergreen, 5-12m tall shrub was originally native northeastern Africa and the Middle. East but is now widespread in the tropics. The source of castor oil, it is cultivated as a foliage plant but produces very poisonous spiny fruits and seeds, and can cause contact dermatitis
 

Flowerhead of the Castor. Bean (Ricinus communis) showing the red female flowers on the immature seedpods. The males flowers are cream and appear below the female flowers. This evergreen, 5-12m tall shrub was originally native northeastern Africa and the Middle. East but is now widespread in the tropics. The source of castor oil, it is cultivated as a foliage plant but produces very poisonous spiny fruits and seeds, and can cause contact dermatitis
 

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