Ricinus communis communis
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Full name: | Ricinus communis L. var. communis |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Kasterolie, Kasterolieboom, Kasterolieplant, Oliebos |
| English common name(s): | Castor oil plant, Castor oil bush, Castor bean, Castor bean tree |
| Synonym(s): | Ricinus communis var. lividus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. Ricinus lividus Jacq. (1781) |
| Status: | Alien |
| Description: | Monoecious, glabrous, annual or perennial, herb, shrub or even small tree. Stipules united to form a caducous sheath. Leaves alternate; petiole with glands at base and apex; lamina peltate, palmately-lobed, the lobes glandular-serrate. Inflorescences paniculate; male flowers in lower half, female in upper. Male flowers: pedicels jointed, with 2 bracteoles; calyx with 3-5 valvate lobes; petals and disk 0; stamens numerous; pistillode 0. Female flowers: pedicels elongating in fruit; sepals 5; petals and disk as for male; ovary 3-locular; ovules 1 per loculus; styles 3, dark red. Fruit 3-lobed, smooth or echinate with accrescent spines, dehiscing into three 2-valved cocci leaving a prominent, persistent columella. Seeds smooth, mottled. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Fruit 1–1.5 cm long and wide, echinate; seeds 0.7–1.1 cm long. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 14 Dec 2008 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | PowerShot A700 |
| Lens aperture: | f/3.5 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/160 s |
| ISO speed: | - |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
