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
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.