Large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics.
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1 The Castor-oil plant is found growing abundantly in Sumatra, particularly near the sea-shore.
1 Is not the Palma Christi much affected by soil and situation?
2 The kheroa (Ricinus, or Palma Christi , ) is likewise very common here.
3 Castor oil is expressed from a West Indian shrub, called Palma Christi ; and especially from the ripe seeds, which are full of this oil.
4 In the Hebrew it is Kikajon, which some render a gourd: others a palmerist, or palma Christi .
5 Jarak (ricinus and Palma christi ) , from whence the castor oil is extracted, grows wild in abundance: especially near the sea-shore.
1 It is a deadly natural poison that can be extracted from the beans of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis .
1 The pellet contained ricin, the poisonous extract of the castor bean plant .
2 The castor bean plant is a friggin' ornamental.
3 And, at least in the dreams of scientists, the genetic makeup of ricin could help identity the single castor bean plant that produced it.
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