OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ricinus communis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ricinus communis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ricinus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Ricinus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ricinus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-05-001:

Ricinus communis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ricinus communis

 

COMMON NAME:
Castor-bean, Castor-oil Plant, Palma Christi


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image of Ricinus communis, Castor-bean, Castor-oil Plant, Palma Christi

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rico3_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ricinus communis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ricinus communis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ricinus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Ricinus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ricinus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-05-001:
Ricinus communis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ricinus communis

 

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1249

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Waste places, gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: northeast Africa

Uncommon in Coastal Plain & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

map
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Stipules caducous

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
5 sepals
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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