Ricinus communis(RIICO)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: RIICO
- Preferred name: Ricinus communis
- Authority: Linnaeus
Ethiopia, Somalia. Cultivated as an ornamental and for the oil obtained from its seeds, used medicinally as a purgative. Introduced in Mediterranean region, European Russia, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia), Malesia (Sulawesi), China, Korea, Sénégal to Mali, Tchad, Sudan, Guinée, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Zaïre, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, USA (mostly in south), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Colombia, Venezuela, central Brazil, Chile, Argentina), Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Zealand
WSSA list of weeds in North America
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| castor bean | English (US) |
| castor-oil plant | English (GB) |
| Palma Christi | German |
| Rizinus | German |
| Wunderbaum | German |
| Wunderstrauch | German |
| ricin | French |
| ricin commun | French |
| alcherva | Spanish |
| árbol del demonio | Spanish |
| bafureura | Spanish |
| catapucia mayor | Spanish |
| cherva | Spanish |
| hierba mora | Spanish (BO) |
| higueirillo | Spanish |
| higuera del demonio | Spanish |
| higuera del infierno | Spanish |
| higuera infernal | Spanish |
| higuera loca | Spanish |
| higuereta | Spanish |
| higuerillo | Spanish |
| mamona | Spanish |
| mosquitera | Spanish |
| palmacristi | Spanish |
| palma de Cristo | Spanish |
| querva | Spanish |
| rejalgar | Spanish |
| ricino | Spanish |
| rizno | Spanish |
| tartago | Spanish (AR) |
| tártago | Spanish |
| tártago de Venezuela | Spanish |
| palma christi | Italian |
| ricino | Italian |
| wonderboom | Dutch |
| bafureira | Portuguese |
| carrapateiro | Portuguese |
| catapúcia | Portuguese |
| catapúcia-do-inferno | Portuguese |
| catapucia-maior | Portuguese |
| catapúcia-maior | Portuguese (BR) |
| erva-dos-carrapatos | Portuguese |
| figueira-do-inferno | Portuguese |
| mamoeiro | Portuguese (BR) |
| mamona | Portuguese |
| mamona | Portuguese |
| mamoneiro | Portuguese |
| rícino | Portuguese |
| ricin | Swedish |
| tôgoma | Japanese |
| トウゴマ | Japanese |
| клещевина обыкновенная | Russian |
| hintyağı | Turkish |
| kikayon matzui | Hebrew |
| קִיקָיוֹן מָצוּי | Hebrew |
| rącznik zwyczajny | Polish |
| rycynus zwyczajny | Polish |
| ricinus | Hungarian |
| recin | Albanian |
| akain-belar | Basque |
| errizina | Basque |
| errizi-nu | Basque |
| рицин | Bulgarian |
| enfiter | Catalan |
| fesolera de llum | Catalan |
| figuera borda | Catalan |
| figuera del diable | Catalan |
| figuera dels talps | Catalan |
| figuera de ricí | Catalan |
| figuera infernal | Catalan |
| llagasta | Catalan |
| mutxera | Catalan |
| rènega | Catalan |
| ricí | Catalan |
| riciner | Catalan |
| bì má shǔ | Chinese |
| 蓖麻属 | Chinese |
| obični ricinus | Croatian |
| skočec obecný | Czech |
| carrapateira | Galician |
| catapúcia | Galician |
| rícino | Galician |
| ρετσινολαδιά | Greek |
| arandi | Hindi |
| chiyan | Hindi |
| 피마자 | Korean |
| pi ma ja | Korean |
| gandharva hasta | Sanskrit |
| ricín obyčajný | Slovak |
| рицина звичайна | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Malpighiales (
1MALO )
Family
Euphorbiaceae (
1EUPF )
Subfamily
Acalyphoideae (
1ACCS )
Genus
Ricinus (
1RIIG )
Species
Ricinus communis (
RIICO )