PLANTS Profile for Ricinus communis (castorbean)

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PLANTS Profile

Ricinus communis L.
castorbean

Symbol:

RICO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Ricinus communis L.

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Distribution:
Ricinus communis L.


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Ricinus communis L.

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 1 species in Ricinus

Classification:
Ricinus communis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Ricinus L. – ricinus
Species	Ricinus communis L. – castorbean

U.S. Weed Information:
Ricinus communis L.

agaliya
castor bean
lama palagi
maskerekur
toto ni vavalagi
uluchula skoki

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

Cal-IPC		California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
FLEPPC		Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Ricinus communis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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