 Ricinus cummunis L. |
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Euphorbiaceae.
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- Local Name:
- Harnoli, Arand.
- Synonym:
- Habit and Habitat:
- An evergreen soft wooded shrub found in sub-tropical zone.
- Taxonomic Features:
- Leaves long stalked, palmately 5-9 lobed, darkgreen above paler beneath. Leaf blade with triangular-lanceolate toothed lobes. Middle lobe larger, lateral smaller. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, 10-30cm long. Upper female flower with purplish sepals and lower male flower with yellowish- green calyx lobes. Fruit a capsule usually covered with long stiff prickles, splitting into 3 valves. Seed oblong and mottled.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June- December.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Oil is stimulant, purgative. [1 ] External use of castor oil is popular for healing cancerous and benign tumors of all kinds.[8] Local people use leaf and root poultice in joint pains, sciatica and headache.
- Part Used:
- Whole plant.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy, Oil Extraction.
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