The castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, easy growing

The castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, is a "native of tropical Africa cultivated in several varieties for the oil found in its leaves and for its bold foliage."(Alber and Alber)

The "stalked leaves consist of usually eight radiating, pointed leaflets with slightly serrated edges and prominent central veins. Many varieties are green, but some are reddish brown."(Cooper and Johnson) The flowers are green and inconspicuous, but pink or red in the pigmented varieties. Many stamens are near the base and branching pistils are near the top of the flower. The soft-spined fruits containing attractively mottled seeds are distinctive features of the plant.

Castor oil
Castor beans are pressed to extract castor oil which is used for medicinal purposes. Ricin does not partition into the oil because it is water-soluble, therefore, castor oil does not contain ricin, provided that no cross-contamination occurred during its production.

La higuereta o higuera, es una planta que se desarrolla de forma silvestre en toda la geografía nacional, hasta el momento no se tiene información de ninguna plantación sembrada con fines comerciales. Países donde se cultiva en grandes extensiones son: Brasil, La India, China, Argentina y otros países.
Por muchos años Brasil estuvo en la delantera en cuanto a la producción de aceite de higuereta, al final de la década de los 80 baja drásticamente la producción colocándose en el tercer lugar después de la India y China. En esos años la producción bajó a 120,000 toneladas de aceite de los 500,000 que mantenía en años anteriores. En estos momentos el Brasil se prepara para ocupar nuevamente su primer lugar, con la intensificación de la siembra de ésta oleaginosa con una finalidad nueva, es decir la elaboración del biodiesel.


Con ésta finalidad el Gobierno ha localizado en la parte nororiental del Brasil, unas 4 millones de hectáreas de terrenos ideales para el desarrollo y buena productividad de éste cultivo. Esta región ha recibido éste proyecto con la esperanza de que su implantación, ayude a bajar el nivel de pobreza que impera en toda esa región, la más árida y falta de recursos de todo el país.


La higuereta es una planta de la familia de las Euforbiáceas, conocida en otros países con los nombres de: ricino, tártago, palma christi, higuera infernal, castor, higuera, etc. En el país se conoce como higuera o higuereta. La importancia de ésta planta en el país más bien se debe a sus efectos medicinales, como purgante. Sin embargo el uso más intenso que recibe en otros países es en la industria, participando en la fabricación de más de 400 artículos de gran utilización en la sociedad. Entre esos artículos están: pinturas, cuero artificial, linóleos,

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[talabastardo]

LOL why you plant those thing on your house we call those trash on philippines those castor beans grew everywhere here in philippines and definitely cut them and throw to the garbage those are yucky!!!! if you grow cannabis or should i say marijuana in your house thats more i like it ahahaha

[117piehitman]

5 bucks if you swallow the whole thing.

[boogerpresely]

It is said this plant is not a Perenial in the New york area but,a neighbor has them growning in the same spot by the road each year .Are there exceptions? Or perhaps differnt types that do better in the north .

[ihall4]

@EnGorDiaz then eat 3-4 caster beans and get your family to post your death cert on youtube which they won't be able to unless you a child, elderly or have preexisting health problems the only way 3-4 are going to kill a healthy adult is if you extract and purify the ricin then inject it. so many people are getting the LD50 for injection/inhalation and oral mixed up

[bananatree94]

@Dest085 yes, but my point was, its not that big of a deal to keep one as a garden plant or house plant, because its not like the bean is going to jump off the plant into your mouth, and if you do somehow ingest one, chances are, your not going to die.

[Dest085]

@bananatree94 yes but to day with modern medicine they can rid your body of most toxic substances; even less people die from eating nightshade and hemlock berries than castor beans which means that it is still very toxic

[Dest085]

@bananatree94 yes but today with modern medicine people don't die from that sort of stuff, even less people die from eating nightshade or hemlock

[Dest085]

@ihall4 why did u eat 20?

[ihall4]

caster beans don't make you that sick unless you eat alot of them i ate 20 i was really ill for a day next day i was shoving a whole pizza down my throat i did have diarrhea but that wasn't that bad

[Basjoouk]

Very nice. Do you hapen to know what variety of Ricinus communis it is? Is it Zanzi palm ? Thanks