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Name this plant please

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  • 13-09-2015 11:23am
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    catchup
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭


    Saw this recently in Farmleigh. Can some one give me it's name? Thanks


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    toddunctious
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭toddunctious


    Looks like a castor oil plant


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    #3
    catchup
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭catchup


    Ricinus communis "carmencita". That's it. Thanks.


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    TAZ32
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭TAZ32


    its a Ricinus communis, probably the cultivar is zanzarbariensis. slightly tender but can be overwintered if near the coast or kept in greenhouse. should be seed on it but is poisonous


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    danjo-xx
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    Is that part of da Acer species


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    TAZ32
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭TAZ32


    danjo-xx wrote: »
    Is that part of da Acer species

    No its not an Acer species. Castor plant and seed contains castor oil and ricin.


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