Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1007. 1753
Verified:
05/14/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
castor – castor-bean – castor-bean-plant – castor-oil-plant – palma-christi – Afrikaans
kasterolieboom – Arabic
kharwa'a – French
ricin – German
Palma Christi – Rizinus – Wunderbaum – Indonesian
jarak – Italian
ricino – Portuguese
bafureira – carrapateiro – mamoneiro – rícino – Spanish
higuerilla – Swahili
mbarika – mbono mdogo – mnyonyo – Swedish
ricin – Transcribed Chinese
bi ma – Transcribed Korean
pimaja – Transcribed Thai
lahung –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
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Naturalized
()
Other
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
| Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
| Fuels | potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol | | Johnson, J. M.-F. et al. 2007. Biomass-bioenergy crops in the United States: A changing paradigm. Amer. J. Pl. Sci. Biotechnol. 1:8. |
| Invertebrate food | silkworms | | Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 |
| Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
| Materials | lipids | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=31896.
Accessed 23 December 2024.