Species:Ricinus

The seed oil of Castor bean (Ricinus communis) contains 90 % ricinoleic acid. There are many industrial applications such as coatings and resins.

Scientific Classification (based on APG-II and Taxonomicon)
division Jpn. 門	Tracheophyta 維管束植物門
class Jpn. 綱	Magnoliopsida モクレン綱
subclass Jpn. 亜綱	Rosidae バラ亜綱
order Jpn. 目	Malpighiales キントラノオ目
suborder Jpn. 亜目	[[:Category:\|]]
infraorder Jpn. 下目	[[:Category:\|]]
parvorder Jpn. 小目	[[:Category:\|]]
superfamily Jpn. 上科	[[:Category:\|]]
family Jpn. 科	Euphorbiaceae トウダイグサ科
subfamily Jpn. 亜科	Acalyphoideae
tribe Jpn. 族	Acalypheae
subtribe Jpn. 亜族	[[:Category:\|]]
genus Jpn. 属	Ricinus

Information

Flavonoid

Species-Flavonoid Relationship Reported

Species	ID	Metabolite Name	Reference
*Ricinus communis*	FL5FAAGS0119	Kaempferol 3- (6"-acetylglucosyl) - (1->3) -galactoside	Aqil_M et al. 1997
*Ricinus communis*	FL5FACGS0004	Reynoutrin	Hoerhammer_L et al. 1966
*Ricinus communis*	FL5FAAGS0003	Kaempferol 3-xyloside	Miller_JM et al. 1979
*Ricinus communis*	FL5FACGS0004	Reynoutrin	Nakaoki_T et al. 1958
*Ricinus communis*	FL2FAAGS0024	Naringenin 7- (2-p-Coumaroylglucoside)	Yuldashev_MP et al. 1993

Cytochrome P450

'A' indicates CYP families in Arabidopsis. CYP51 ^A CYP79 ^A

Medicinal Plants in Okinawa(沖縄県工業技術センター)

OITC Page	Family Name (Japanese)	Our page
トウゴマ	トウダイグサ科	Ricinus communis L.

English Codex Vegetabilis (1957)

Ricinus communis

Bangladeshi Folk Medicine

Ricinus communis L.

Medicinal Plants in Philippines

Scientific Name	English Name	Tagalog Name
Ricinus salicinus Hassk.	willow-leaved water croton	Lumanai
Ricinus communis Linn.	castor oil plant	Tangan-tangan

Family/Genus Description

For comprehensive information, visit Ricinus page. (BY Shigeharu Okamoto)

Ricinus communis

トウダイグサ科トウゴマ;アカトウゴマ;ミズマ castor bean; caster plant; castor-oil plant; caster oil bush; palma christe; wonder tree 常緑低木。深裂する大型の葉をもち、夏に緑と赤の頭花を生じ、のち球形で刺のある朔果を結ぶ。普通一年草として栽培される。