Castor Oil Plant (Ricinus communis) - Botanical Illustration & Identification #3267442 (License: Personal Use)

This precise line illustration depicts Ricinus communis, commonly known as the castor oil plant, with characteristic deeply lobed palmate leaves, a raceme of unisexual flowers, and a distinctive spiny, globose fruit capsule containing mottled seeds. The inset shows a cross-section of the capsule revealing internal seed arrangement and trichomes. Such illustrations were historically used in floras and pharmacopoeias to aid accurate identification due to the plant’s medicinal and toxic properties.

Used in botanical databases, educational resources, herbal medicine guides, and historical plant illustration archives; serves users seeking scientific identification, taxonomic reference, or vintage botanical art.