Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Distribution notes: Exotic
Ricinus communis L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Cataputia major Ludw. |
synonym | Cataputia minor Ludw. |
synonym | Croton spinosus L. |
synonym | Ricinus africanus Mill. |
synonym | Ricinus angulatus Thunb. |
synonym | Ricinus armatus Andr. |
synonym | Ricinus atropurpureus Pax & K.Hoffm. |
synonym | Ricinus badius Rchb. |
synonym | Ricinus borboniensis Pax & K.Hoffm. |
synonym | Ricinus cambodgensis Benary |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. americanus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. argentatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. argyratus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atratus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atrobrunneatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atrofulvatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atrofuscatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atrophoeniceus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atropunicatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. atropurpureatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. avellanatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. blumeanus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. canatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. canescens T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. carneatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. cervatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. cinerascens T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. cinereatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. denudatus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. epiglaucus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. erythrocladus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. exiguus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. fulvatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. fumatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. fuscatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. gilvus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. glaucus (Hoffmanns.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. gracilis Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. guttatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. hybridus (Besser) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. incarnatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. inermis (Mill.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. intermedius Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. laevis (DC.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. macrophyllus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. maculatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. marmoreatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. murinatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. nigellus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. nigrescens T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. niveatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. oblongus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. obscurus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. oligacanthus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. ostrinatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. pardalinus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. picturatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. plumbeatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. pruinosus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. pullatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. punctatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. punctulatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. punicans T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. purpurascens (Bertol.) Pax |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. radiatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. rufescens T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. russatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. rutilans Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. scriptus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. sordidus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. stigmosus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. striatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. subpurpurascens Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. subrotundus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. subviridus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. sulcatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. tigrinus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. umbrinus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. venosus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. vinatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. viridis (Willd.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. zebrinus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. zollingeri Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis f. zonatus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis L. |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. africanus (Mill.) Nyman |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. indicus Popova & Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. manshuricus V.Bork. |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. mexicanus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. persicus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. ruderalis Popova & Moshkin, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. sanguineus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Nyman |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Hiltebr. |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Popova & Moshkin, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis subsp. zanzibarinus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. aegyptiaceus (Popova) Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. africanus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. amblyocalyx Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. americanus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. armatus (Andr.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. badius (Rchb.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. bailundensis J.M.Coult. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. benguelensis Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. borboniensis André |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. brasiliensis Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. brevinodis Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. caesius Popova |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. genuinus Müll.Arg., nom. inval. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. giganteus André |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. glaucus Popova & Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. griseofolius Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. hybridus (Besser) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. indehiscens Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. inermis (Mill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. japonicus Popova & Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. leucocarpus (Bertol.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. lividus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. macrocarpus T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. macrophyllus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. megalospermus (Delile) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. mexicanus (Popova) Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. microcarpus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. microspermus Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. minor Steud. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. nanus Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. purpurascens (Bertol.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. reichenbachianus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. rheedianus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. roseus Popova & Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. rubescens Herder |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. rugosus Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. sanguineus Baill. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. speciosus (Burm.f.) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. spontaneus Popova & Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. subpurpurascens Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. typicus Fiori, nom. inval. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. undulatus (Besser) Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. vasconcellosii T.Carvalho |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. violaceocaulis Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. virens Popova |
synonym | Ricinus communis var. viridis Popova & Moshkin |
synonym | Ricinus compactus Huber |
synonym | Ricinus digitatus Noronha |
synonym | Ricinus europaeus T.Nees |
synonym | Ricinus gibsonii H.J.Veitch |
synonym | Ricinus giganteus Pax & K.Hoffm. |
synonym | Ricinus glaucus Hoffmanns. |
synonym | Ricinus hybridus Besser |
synonym | Ricinus inermis Mill. |
synonym | Ricinus japonicus Thunb. |
synonym | Ricinus krappa Steud. |
synonym | Ricinus laevis DC. |
synonym | Ricinus leucocarpus Bertol. |
synonym | Ricinus lividus Jacq. |
synonym | Ricinus macrocarpus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus macrocarpus var. nudus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus macrophyllus Bertol. |
synonym | Ricinus medicus Forssk. |
synonym | Ricinus medius J.F.Gmel. |
synonym | Ricinus megalosperma Delile |
synonym | Ricinus messeniacus Heldr. |
synonym | Ricinus metallicus Pax & K.Hoffm. |
synonym | Ricinus microcarpus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus microcarpus var. atrovirens Popova |
synonym | Ricinus microcarpus var. spontaneus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus minor Mill. |
synonym | Ricinus nanus Bald. |
synonym | Ricinus obermannii Groenland |
synonym | Ricinus peltatus Noronha |
synonym | Ricinus perennis Steud. |
synonym | Ricinus persicus Popova |
synonym | Ricinus purpurascens Bertol. |
synonym | Ricinus ruber Miq. |
synonym | Ricinus rugosus Mill. |
synonym | Ricinus rutilans Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Ricinus sanguineus Groenland |
synonym | Ricinus scaber Bertol. ex Moris |
synonym | Ricinus speciosus Burm.f. |
synonym | Ricinus spectabilis Blume |
synonym | Ricinus tunisensis Desf. |
synonym | Ricinus undulatus Besser |
synonym | Ricinus urens Mill. |
synonym | Ricinus viridis Willd. |
synonym | Ricinus vulgaris Garsault, opus utique oppr. |
synonym | Ricinus vulgaris Mill. |
synonym | Ricinus zanzibarensis Auct. |
synonym | Ricinus zanzibarinus Popova |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Shrub/Small tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Monoecious, branched glaucous shrubs. Leaves alternate, palmately 6-8-lobed, peltate, to 20 x 24 cm; lobes 9-15 x 3-6 cm, lanceolate, margin coarsely serrate, apex acuminate; petiole to 18 cm long. Flowers in terminal paniculate racemes, pale yellow; male flowers below, female ones above. Male flowers: perianth cupular, 3-5-lobed, c. 4 mm long, lanceolate; stamens many, filaments connate, repeatedly branched. Female flowers: tepals 5, subequal, c. 5 mm long, lanceolate; ovary globose, 3-locular, echinate; ovule 1-per locule; styles 3, papillose. Capsule 1.6-2 cm across, 3-lobed, prickly. Seeds oblong, smooth, marbled, carunculate.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Cultivated/ Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Cultivated, also runs wild
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Description
Global Distribution
Native of Tropical Africa; now cultivated throughout tropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, Shimoga
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ricinus communis L., Sp. Pl. 1007. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 457. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1335(933). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 258. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 372. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 254. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 426. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 368. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 736. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 440. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 425. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 346. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 49. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 641. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 380. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 289. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 298. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 455. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 154. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 650. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 753. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ricinus communis L., Sp. Pl. 1007. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 457. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1335(933). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 258. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 372. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 254. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 426. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 368. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 736. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 440. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 425. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 346. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 49. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 641. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 380. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 289. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 298. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 455. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 154. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 650. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 753. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Euphorbiaceae |
Genus | Ricinus |
Species | Ricinus communis L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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