February 3, 2022Herbs
Castor oil plant or castor bean is a species of perennial flowering plant whose botanical name is Ricinus communis and belongs to the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.It is a fast growing, suckering shrub that can reach the size of a small tree, around 12 m (39 ft), but it is not cold hardy.Its seed is the castor bean, which, despite its name, is not a bean. Castor is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean […]