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  • COMMON NAME: Castor Bean, Castor Oil Plant.
  • ARABIC: خروية، خروع، جار
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ricinus communis L.
  • SYNONYMS: Ricinus communis var. genuinus Müll.Arg., Ricinus communis var. typicus Fiori.
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Fruits (F) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Toxicity: highly poisonous. Ricin whole plant, fruit. It runs wild in large quantities, there are large thickets in some wadis in the env. Fujairah city.
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:355498-1/images Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Moderately salt tolerant. Sometimes cultivated as ornamental or windbreak around gardens or farms. Naturalized and cultivated. Industrial plant. the medicinal uses of this plant are too many to list comprehensively. Although the seeds are poisonous, the oil extracted from them (castor oil) is well-Known for its purgative and lubricating effect. Dried leaves are smoked to cure bad breath. Crushed leaves applied to skin ailments. Extract from leaves used to treat inflamed eyes.
Broad, umbrella-shaped, evergreen, monoecious shrubs or small trees, 1-2 meters high. Stem hollow with many branches above. Leaves very large, palmately lobed. Green-reddish female flowers found above the male flowers in the erect spike. Fruit a capsule, globular, with prickles like small chestnut fruits. Seeds large in size, about 1cm long, ovate, mottled, contain oil. Flowers during the summer.
Cultivated, grows quickly in gardens, courtyards and sea beaches.
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