General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: All parts of plant are toxic. Seeds highly toxic.
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Scarify seeds: Soak for 24 hours.
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Castor Bean
  • Caster Oil Plant
  • Mole Bean
  • Higuera Infernal

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Location: Guadalupe Riverbank
Date: 2013-10-25

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2020-07-19

Date: 2021-08-30
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-10-04
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2007-03-21
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-10-05
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-09-30

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Location: Odenton Maryland
Self sown seedling

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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