- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- India (the principal producing country)
- West-Indies
- tropical Africa
- Egypt
- Indonesia
- Brazil
- China
- Southern Europe
- Azores
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Greece
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Ricini = Semen Cataputiae majoris Oleum Ricini
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- Constituent(s)
- ricin
- ricinin
- fatty oil
- albumen
- starch
- mucilage
- Action
- oil: purgative (not toxic); seed: toxic (the poisonous ingredients are left behind in the cake after pressing). Castor seed cake cannot be fed to cattle
- as it causes first purging and then death; it can be used as manure only
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