Ricinus communis(RIICO)
Overview Code created in: 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. Introduced and widespread around the Mediterranean, where it is a ruderal weed, and also introduced in India to Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, Korea, most of Africa, North, Central and South America, Caribbean, Australia, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ρετσινολαδιά | Greek |
| 피마자 | Korean |
| pi ma ja | Korean |
| 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 )