Scientific Name:	Ricinus communis
Pronunciation:	RISS-ih-niss kum-YOU-niss
Common Name:	castor bean
Family Name:	Euphorbiaceae
Plant Type:	Annual
Key ID Features:	Leaves glossy, 15-45 cm long, long-stalked, alternate and palmate with 5-12 deep lobes with coarsely toothed segments; panicle-like inflorescence up to 15 cm long with lower male and upper female flowers, reddish stigmas and or bracts; fruit a spiny capsule about 2 cm wide.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Upright Form: Vase Texture: Very coarse Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Summer interest (Caution: poisonous parts) Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Lobed, Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined, Leathery, Palmate venation Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Purple, Dark-red, Green, Bronze, Brown, Nearly Black, Some varieties are dark reddish purple or bronze when young and the gradually turn dark green +/- a reddish tinge by maturity Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Orbicular Apices: Rounded Bases: Peltate, Rounded Margins: Palmately lobed, Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Panicle-like, Cyme Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Red, Pink, Green Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Red, Brown, Green, Pink Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Showy, Seeds are highly poisonous

Bark or Stem Colour: Red

Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (LTW) Langley Township Walk (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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