Ricinus communis

         Castor plant

  

• Ricinus Communis plant is also called as Castor oil plant.
• It is a flowering plant in the family of Euphorbiaceae.
• This plant is reproduces with a mixed pollination system which selfing by geitonogamy.
• Ricinus is very greatly in its growth Habit.
• It has glossy leaves long and palmate with five to twelve deep lobes with coarsely toothed segments.

 

• Castor plant gives Castor fruit and Castor seed inside the fruit.
• Castor seed is the source of Castor oil, which has many uses.
• The seed is so named because it has markings and it resembled many ticks.
• The fruit is a spiny, greenish containing large, Oval, shiny, bean-like,  highly poisonous seeds with brownish mottling.

         Castor Dried fruits

 

• Castor is a plant that produces Seeds, castor oil is produced by pressing ripe seeds that have had their outer covering(hull) removed.
• Hull contains deadly poison called ricin.
• Castor oil has been used as Medicine since from centuries.

           Castor Seeds

  

• The beans are oblong and light brown, mottled with dark brown spots.
• The Castro oil is used to treat Constipation, it can also be used to clean Intestines before surgery.
• Castor Oil is known as Stimulant Laxative.