Castor bean
ಔಡಲरेड़ीசிற்றாமணக்கு
Ricinus communis L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.4 m
- wide
- 91 cm
Euphorbiaceae
Also called Castor oil plant, Castorbean
Formerly Cataputia major, Cataputia minor, Croton spinosus, Ricinus africanus, and 45 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- NE. Trop. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Malayalam
- ഏരണ്ഡ, ആവണക്ക്
- Portuguese
- Mamona, carrapateira, carrapato
- German
- Wunderbaum
- Tamil
- சிற்றாமணக்கு, ஆமணக்கு மரம், ஆமணக்கு
- Arabic
- خروع
- Azerbaijani
- Gənəgərçək
- Bulgarian
- Рицин
- Catalan
- Ricí
- Czech
- skočec obecný
- Welsh
- trogenllys
- Esperanto
- (Ordinara) ricino, Ricino
- Spanish
- Ricino
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Ricinus communis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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