Ricinus communis, L.
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1. R. communis L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1007 (1753).
Annual herb or shrub up to 4 m. Leaves up to 60 cm, peltate, palmately 5- to 9-fid; lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, irregularly dentate. Panicle erect. Fruit 10-20 mm, with long conical projections or smooth. Seed 9-17 mm, smooth, shiny, reddishbrown to blackish, marked in various shades of white, grey or brown; caruncle large. Cultivated for the oil obtained from the seeds and for ornament. Naturalized in S. & S.C. Europe. [Al Az BI Bu Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Lu Rm Sa Si.] (Tropics.)
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Ricinus communis
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
R. communis
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