The seed coats of the Castor oil plant are deadly poisonous - but this seems to be know very well so accidents are rare
"Ricinus communis" (Euphorbiaceae)castor oil plant, Rizinus
William Wyld
3 hours ago
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Red and beautiful and deadly...
"Ricinus communis" (Euphorbiaceae)castor oil plant, Rizinus
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hi Petra..
I've never seen this flower before..
it's certainly beautiful and reminds me of our national flower ..the waratah :)
Hi Kim, thank you for visiting again :)
It's actually not the flower any more but the seed - the blossoms themselves are those tiny little things beneath those red "balls" which you can see on one of the photos.
I just looked it up - the waratah - that's really a beautiful exotic bloom and I can see some similarities!
What a lovely flower...I've never seen anything quit like this...all spiky!!
Cheers
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