Euphorbiaceae week - Ricinus communis- PKA5

Prashant awale

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Mar 8, 2011, 12:36:56 AM3/8/11

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Dear Friends,

Bot. name: Ricinus communis

(Family: Euphorbiaceae).
Common name: Castor Oil Plant, Arandi

Location: Aurangabad
Date: 27-12-2009

Thanks & best wishes
Prashant

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Rashida Atthar

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Mar 8, 2011, 1:29:58 AM3/8/11

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Prashant ji this is a great post. I think these are the only pictures I have ever seen with the top panicles of female flower cymes having turned into spiny fruits and the lower panicles of male flower cymes still flowering seen together on this castor oil plant.

Attaching a very good description of the plant and the diagram with explanations of each of the morphology parts.- (Ref: Common families of flowering plants by Hickey and King, pg 98 -99).

regards,

Rashida.

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Rashida Atthar

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Mar 8, 2011, 1:31:18 AM3/8/11

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Here's the 2nd page.

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Rashida.

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Satish Phadke

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Mar 9, 2011, 6:01:13 AM3/9/11

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Very useful and good information Rashida ji
Adding some of my pictures taken in Mahabaleshwar.
Dr Phadke

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Rashida Atthar

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Mar 9, 2011, 9:11:18 AM3/9/11

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Good pictures Satisjh ji, that should make it a complete morphology learning set !

regards,

Rashida.

mani nair

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Mar 10, 2011, 7:08:44 AM3/10/11

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Thanks Prashant ji and Satish ji for the beautiful photos and Rashida ji for the useful information. I am sending some photos of Castor oil plant.

Place : Dombivli, Maharashtra

Date : May 2010

Regards,

Mani.

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Rashida Atthar

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Mar 10, 2011, 9:02:58 AM3/10/11

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Thanks Mani ji for one more wonderful addition to this thread !

regards,

Rashida.

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