Methanolic extracts of the leaves of " Ricinus communis " were used in antimicrobial testing against eight pathogenic bacteria in rats and showed antimicrobial properties.
12.
Accidental ingestion of " Ricinus communis " cake to be used as fertilizer has been reported to be responsible for fatal ricin poisoning in animals.
13.
The larvae of the recently described " Olepa schleini " are the only insects which regularly infest " Ricinus communis " in Israel and adjacent countries.
14.
Confusion with " Vitex " on the part of early settlers in the West Indies may have given to " Ricinus communis " the name " Castor-oil plant ".
15.
The word is not known to be used elsewhere and most references usually considers it to be a castor plant ( ricinus communis ) or a type of gourd.
16.
The genus " Ricinus ", including " Ricinus communis ", the castorbean, also exists in botany-this is possible, since name of animals and plants are ruled by different nomenclature codes.
17.
Leaves are lobed and large, while the white flowers occur in cymes, producing a spiny 3-seeded capsule with seeds rich in fats and proteins, resembling those of " Ricinus communis ".
18.
Toxalbumins notably are present in the plant families Leguminosae and Euphorbiaceae, occurring for instance in " Robinia pseudoacacia ", " Abrus precatorius ", " Jatropha curcas ", " Croton gratissimus " and " Ricinus communis ".
19.
Castor oil, the expressed natural fatty oil of the seeds of " Ricinus communis " also contains mixtures of the glycerides of isoricinoleic acids and much smaller traces of tristearin and the glyceride of dihydroxysteric acid.
20.
Fruits of the rubiaceous forest herb " Psychotria colorata " and seeds of " Ricinus communis ", a treelet of dooryard gardens, are used for baiting hooks and catching small fish : characins called " pirapisi ".
