Ricinus communis L.

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Dominica

• Locality

  Carib Territory. 100 uphill from paved feeder road in Btatk. Mederick Paris' house

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  15.22, -61.27

• Location Notes

  [West Indies]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

OCR>>>Tie lew York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plants of Conomalth of Doiinica	j 0+ 7
EUPHORBIACEAE
Ricinus communis L.
-( ¿.'yn/t G', lUzpi'L^1/

WEST INDIES, Dominica. Carib Territory. 100m
uphill from paved feeder road in Bataka.
Mederick Pans' house. 15°13'N, 61°16'W.
100m. Cultivated in garden, semi-dense
vegetation.
Tree to 4m with dbh 15cm; stem segmented,
hollow, shiny, red; leaves palmate; flowers
small, orange; fruit capsular, spiny, green.
D.v.: Castor Seed [English].
Kavapat [Creole-Patois].
OSE: Purgative {seed oil I
Kedicaient to ensore closure of babies' soft spot llvsl
Kedicaient for boils Ifriitl. Reaoves pus. Fry first
ICI Saiple codes: LF{OC0*-0027);FR(0C0M-0028);l(D(OCllll-0029);RT{-0030);ST(-0031)
James Higgins 34.	August 13, 1992
with Prosper Paris
Fieldwork supported bj the national Cancer Institute and Kerck Research
Laboratories
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