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Botanical details
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Ricinus
- Genus description
Ricinus is a fast-growing evergreen shrub, often grown as an annual, with large, palmately lobed leaves and dense spikes of small flowers, followed by prickly seed capsules
- Name status
Accepted
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