Sunday, June 22, 2008

Ricinus communis | erand | arandi |bherenda | Haralu

Ricinus communis

COMMON NAMES:-erand, arandi,bherenda. Haralu etc..

NATURE:- It is a shrub.

LEAVES:-Leaves are bulky, circular in outline, broad and partially separated into 7 lobes.

FLOWERS:-Flowers mostly bulky in size with in big incurable bunches.

FRUITS:-fruits are like a thorny container , somewhat noticeable into six parts.seeds four-sided figure , seed –coat crustaceous.

MEDICINAL USES:-this plants seeds are useful in the medicine. The seeds are toxic and yet 3 or 4 seeds can be lethal. oil which obtained from the seeds known as castor-oil, which is used as laxative. Castor-oil is used in marketing in birth control device jellies and creams.

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