MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Ricinus names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

 

Ricinus africanus Willd.

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus communis L. var. viridis (Willd.) Müll. Arg., Ricinus viridis Willd.

ENGLISH : Green-leaved ornamental ricinus.

Ricinus atropurpureus hort. ex Pax & K. Hoffm

ENGLISH :  Ornamental castor oil plant.

Ricinus cambodgensis Benary

ENGLISH : Dark-purple ornamental ricinus.

 

Ricinus communis L.

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus africanus Willd., Ricinus communis L. var. viridis (Willd.) Müll. Arg., Ricinus inermis Jacq., Ricinus lividus Jacq., Ricinus macrocarpus G. Popova, Ricinus microcarpus G. Popova, Ricinus persicus G. Popova, Ricinus speciosus Burm., Ricinus viridis Willd., Ricinus vulgaris Mill., Ricinus zanzibaricus G. Popova

AFRIKAANS : Kaster boon.

ARABIC :        ريسين         Kharwa.

BENGALI : Bherenda.

BURMESE : Kesu, Kyekesu.

CHINESE : Bi ma, Ma hong liang.

DANISH : Rizinus.

DUTCH : Wonderboom, Wonderolieboon.

ENGLISH : Castor bean, Castor, Castor oil plant. 

FINNISH :  Risiini.

FRENCH : Févé castor (Canada), Grand ricin, Ricin, Ricin commun.

GERMAN : Christuspalme, Gemeiner Wunderbaum, Hundsbaum, Kreuzbaum, Läusebaum, Ricinusstrauch, Rizinus,  Rizinuspflanze, Römische Bohne (Switzerland), Wunderbaum.

GREEK :  ρίκινος , κοινός .

GUJARATI : Divelli, Divelligo, Tirki.

HEBREW : Kikayon, Kikayon matzuy.

HINDI : Arand, Arandi, Arend, Erand, Erandi.

ITALIAN : Fico d'inferno, Ricino.

JAPANESE :  カスタービーン  Casutaa biin,   Hima, リシン  Rishin, リキヌス  Rikinusu,   Tougoma.

MALAY : Jarak, Jarak (Bali), Jarak (Java), Miniak jarak (oil).

MALAGASY : Kimanga, Kinamena, Tanatanamanga.

MALAYALAM : Erandam.

NEPALESE :   Aderi, Andel, Ander, Anderii, Andir.

PERSIAN :       كرچك روغني    ,  Khirwa, Khora.

PORTUGUESE : Bofareira (Cape Verde), Carrapateiro (Brazil), Mamona (Brazil), Mamoneira (Brazil), Palma Christi (Brazil), Rícino, Ricino mamona, Tártago.

RUSSIAN : Kastorka, Kleshchevina, Kleshchevina obiknovennaia , Kotoroi kastorka, Рицин   Ritsin.

SANSKRIT : AmaNda, AmaNakku, Eranda.

SINHALESE : Eudaru, Telendary.

SPANISH : Catapucia mayor (Colombia), Higuera del diablo, Higuera infernal (Mexico, Paraguay), Higuereta (Cuba, Puerto Rico ), Higuerilla (Colombia, Costa Rica), Higuerillo (Mexico), Higuerillo blanco, Higuerillo rojo, Higuierilla (Peru), Ricino, Tártago (Venezuela), Tártago ricino (Uruguay).

SUNDANESE : Jarak, Jarak jitun, Jarak kaliki.

SWAHILI : Mbalika (Kenya).

SWEDISH :  Ricin.

TAGALOG :   Tangan-tangan.

TAMIL : Amaanaakku (Amanakku), Vilakkennai. 

THAI :   ละหุ่ง   Lahung,  ละหุ่งแดง   Lahung daeng (Central Thailand),  มะโห่ง  Mahong,  มะโห่งหิน  Mahong hin (Northern Thailand),

TELUGU : Amudamu, Chittamudamy, Erandamu.

URDU : Eranda.

OTHER UNIDENTIFIED NAMES :  Aguerilla, Amanakkam-chedi, Amanakku, Amidamu, Amudam, Arand, Aranda, Audla, Avanakku, Ayrunkukri, Bedanjir, Bherenda, Bofareira, Cagamuja. Cagamutxo, Chittavanakku, Chittamanakku, Chittmani, Diveli, Endaru, Endi, Enfiter, Eramudapu, Erand, Erendi, Erandthailam, Eri, Figuera infernal, Gandharva Haralu, hasthah, Heran, Kesusi, Khirva, Miniak-jarah, Panchangulam, Rendi, Sadabherenda, Vatari, Verenda.

 

Beautiful photographs of leaves & flowers in Taiwan.

Coloured botanical drawing of R. inermis at Nicolaus Joseph Jacquin: Icones Plantarum Rariorum (1).

Coloured botanical drawing of R. lividus at Nicolaus Joseph Jacquin: Icones Plantarum Rariorum (1).

Detailed description ay Wayne's Word.

Photographs at : < http://yadflora1.hotbox.ru/21-7.html > & < http://yadflora.hotbox.ru/21-5.html > (unknown ornamental cultivar).

Ricinus communis L. ' Carmencita '

ENGLISH : Red-leaved ornamental ricinus.

Ricinus communis L. ' Dwarf Red Spire '

ENGLISH : Red-leaved ornamental ricinus.

Ricinus communis L. ' Zanzibarensis'

Ricinus communis L. subsp. indicus G.Popova & V.A.Moshkin

ENGLISH :  Indian castor oil plant.

Ricinus communis L. subsp. ruderalis G.Popova & V.A.Moshkin

ENGLISH :  Cultivated castor oil plant.

Ricinus communis L. subsp. sinensis G.Popova & V.A.Moshkin

ENGLISH :  Chinese castor oil plant.

Ricinus communis L. var. gibsonii hort.

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus gibsonii hort.

ENGLISH : Dark-red-leaved dwarf ricinus.

RUSSIAN : Kleththevina Gibsona.

 

Photograph at < http://yadflora.hotbox.ru/21-2.html >.

Ricinus inermis Jacq.

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus communis L. var. inermis xxx

Ricinus gibsonii hort.

ENGLISH : Dark-red-leaved dwarf ricinus.

Ricinus macrocarpus G. Popova

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus communis L. var. mayor xxx

ENGLISH : Purple-red-leaved ornamental ricinus.

Ricinus microcarpus G. Popova

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus communis L. var. minor xxx

ENGLISH : Small-seeded ricinus.

Ricinus sanguinea xxx

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus communis L. var. sanguineus xxx

ENGLISH : Red-leaved ornamental ricinus.

Ricinus zanzibaricus G. Popova

SYNONYM(S) : Ricinus communis L. var. zanzibarinus xxx

ENGLISH : Large-seeded ricinus.

 

 

 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Ricinus Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute for Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. < http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/Sorting/Ricinus.html > (2004).

 

 REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert >.

Hanelt Peter et al. , 2001, Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops, Vol. xx. Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (Editors), First English Edition, Springer.

herbotecnia.com.ar 2004, Ricinus communis L. < http://www.herbotecnia.com.ar/exo-ricino.html >.

IPK Gatersleben, 2002, Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. < http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/mansfeld/taxonomy/search_names-mf.htm >.

IPNI, 2003, International Plant Name Index. Online Database. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

I.S.T.A. Nomenclature Committee, 1982, A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names - Field Crops, Grasses & Vegetables, Second Edition, International Seed Testing Association, Zurich, Switzerland.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Smitinand Tem, 2001, Thai Plant Names - Revised Edition by The Forest Herbarium - Royal Forest Department. Bangkok. Thailand.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?ricinus (03 March 2004).

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : Pankaj Oudhia.

 

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