Castor-Oil Plant (Ricinus communis) - Botanical Illustration & Uses #3267433 (License: Personal Use)

This vintage-style botanical illustration depicts Ricinus communis, the sole species in the genus Ricinus, featuring its characteristic globose, spiny fruit capsules and deeply lobed palmate leaves. The drawing emphasizes morphological details critical for identification, including the arrangement of fruits on racemes and leaf venation patterns. Such illustrations are historically used in pharmacognosy and ethnobotany to document medicinal plants.

Used on educational, herbal medicine, or botanical reference websites; supports content about plant taxonomy, traditional remedies, or toxicology (due to ricin). Matches user intent for academic study, gardening identification, or natural product research.