Species profile—Ricinus communis (castor oil bush)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Euphorbiaceae → Ricinus communis (castor oil bush)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Scientific name
- Ricinus communis L.
- Common name
- castor oil bush
- WildNet taxon ID
- 11288
- Alternate name(s)
- castor oil plant
palma-christi
Palma christi
castor bean - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=11288.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
