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Ricinus communis L.
Engl.: castor bean, castorbean, castor oil bush, castor oil plant, palma christi, wonder tree.
Deu.: Rizin, Rizinus.
Fran.: ricin.
Sven.: ricin, underträd.
Suom.: risiini.
Span.: higuerilla.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1895.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 01.2003.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Cathartics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1883.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871. The Oil of Grapeseed, An Analysis of a Himalaya Tea, Tinctura Rhei Aquosa, Attar of Rose, Castor Oil.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Ellingwood 1919.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 03.1995.
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