Botanical info | A perennial bushy small tree, growing throughout India, leaves palmately lobed, flowers monoecious in terminal paniculate racemes, fruits globose, 3-seeded capsules, seeds oblong, enclosing oily and fleshy endosperm |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 232) eraṇḍa, m. the castor-oil plant, Ricinus Communis or Palma Christi, Suśr., Pañcat. &c.; (ā), f. long pepper, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 578) pañcāṅgula, mfn. measuring 5 fingers; m. Ricinus Communis (which has 5-lobed leaves), Suśr.; (ī), f. a species of shrub, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 234) āmaṇakku: Castor-plant, s. tr., Ricinus communis Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 234) āmaṇakku: Castor-plant, s. tr., Ricinus communis Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1132) koṭṭaimuttu: Castor-bean
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