Ricinus communis(RIICO)
Overview Last modification: 1996-10-28
- EPPO code: RIICO
- Preferred name: Ricinus communis
- Authority: Linnaeus
Eastern Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental and for the oil obtained from its seeds, used medicinally as a purgative. Widespread around the Mediterranean, where it is a ruderal weed, and also introduced into most of Africa, Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, North, Central and South America, Australia
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 |
| catapucia-maior | Portuguese |
| catapúcia-maior | Portuguese (BR) |
| erva-dos-carrapatos | Portuguese |
| figueira-do-inferno | Portuguese |
| mamoeiro | Portuguese (BR) |
| mamona | Portuguese |
| mamoneiro | Portuguese |
| rícino | Portuguese |
| ricin | Swedish |
| トウゴマ | Japanese |
| tôgoma | 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 |
| 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 |
| ricín obyčajný | Slovak |
| рицина звичайна | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Malpighiales (
1MALO )
Family
Euphorbiaceae (
1EUPF )
Genus
Ricinus (
1RIIG )
Species
Ricinus communis (
RIICO )