Plants For ID..

[Sachin Chorge]

HI,

The First plant is from Matheran, Nearly a height of 4-5 ft. and long pods.

 

second is from Mumbai, near marshy land. It has green spiny fruit.

 

Third one is from BNHS land, with red berries. 
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[Barry Stock]

The second is Ricinus communis, the Castor Bean, originally from Africa but now a common volunteer in any warm climate. Here in Florida, any large pile of tilled soil (from construction, or whatever) will soon be covered with Ricinus. The seeds are highly poisonous, and quite beautiful. It is the source of Castor Bean oil and the poison Ricin.

-bs

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[Neil Soares]

Hi Barry and Sachin,
The first is Varas [Heterophragma quadriloculare]
which has recently featured on this site.
The third is Cansjera rheedi [ Kiran please note].
Regards,
Neil Soares.

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[Vasant Barve]

Second appears to be Castor (Erand in Marathi)

Is it poisonous?

 

The oil is consumed as medicine/laxative. Seeds if consumed will lead to omitting.

 

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[J.M. Garg]

HERE ARE DETAILS & LINKS FROM INDIANTREEPIX DATABASE:

Heterophragma quadrilocularis

Bignoniaceae

Waras in Marathi

Flowering now (FEB 2008) on the outskirts of Pune, Maharashtra as per Satish ji.

http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/5763f65dd5d51e45

 

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[J.M. Garg]

Here are extracts from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_bean

The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the subtribe Ricininae. Its seed is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean.

Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses. The seeds contain between 40% and 60% oil that is rich in triglycerides, mainly ricinolein. They also contain ricin, a poison, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant.

The toxicity of raw castor beans is well-known, and reports of actual poisoning are relatively rare.

Global castor seed production is around 1 million tons per year. Leading producing areas are India, China and Brazil. There are several active breeding programmes.

[Barry Stock]

According to a different classification, Ricinus falls into a Tribe with two other members, one of which is Givotia, which has an Indian species (G. rottleriformis), the other the Mongongo Nut Tree from Southern Africa:

Ricinodendreae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ricinodendreae

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Malpighiales

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily: Crotonoideae

Tribe: Ricinodendreae

Genera

    * Givotia

    * Ricinodendron

    * Schinziophyton

-bs

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[Barry Stock]

Looks like I may be mistaken, having taken Ricinodendron for Ricinus.

Apologies!

-bs