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  • Rgardener1Rgardener1 Posts: 344

    Thanks Blairs I take it the fruit is inedible? image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,942

    Inedible? .... yes - it's used to produce one of the most deadly nerve agents there is - Ricin.

    Don't eat it!


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,736

    Dove, isn't Ricin derived from Ricinus Communis and not Fatsia?

    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,736

    Castor oil plant, vs false castor oil plant?

    Devon.
  • Rgardener1Rgardener1 Posts: 344

    Oh yes Dove so I did image  I don't know why I just love gardening 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,942
    Hostafan1 wrote (see)

    Dove, isn't Ricin derived from Ricinus Communis and not Fatsia?

    Whoops image  you're right of course - there was something in the back of my mind but I ignored it - call it a senior moment image

    I still wouldn't eat it tho' ... Castor Oil Plant ... may still have unpleasant effects image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,736

    Whew. I was preparing to be shot down  in flames Dove.

    X

    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,942

    Would I???!!!   imageimage  image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,736

    Edd, some of us dream of our doors being broken down by the boys in blue.

    image

    Devon.
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