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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Jaken on February 03, 2022, 01:13:22 PM

Title: What am I? Mysterious seeds
Post by: Jaken on February 03, 2022, 01:13:22 PM

Hope I got your attention with the headline  ;)
I picked these seeds last year in Croatia and can't remember what plant it was. Don't have a clue why and in what context they were.

Just planted some of them here at home and they are starting to take of. What plant do you think it is?

(https://i.postimg.cc/8fFNFJWg/IMG-20220203-130005.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8fFNFJWg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/2q2D2F7f/IMG-20220203-130010.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2q2D2F7f)

(https://i.postimg.cc/4KJG6Ft5/IMG-20220203-130030.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4KJG6Ft5)

(https://i.postimg.cc/CRCYfVZ5/IMG-20220203-130051.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CRCYfVZ5)

(https://i.postimg.cc/zyY8BfG4/IMG-20220203-130056.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/zyY8BfG4)


Fork for reference of the size.

Title: Re: What am I? Mysterious seeds
Post by: Jaken on February 03, 2022, 09:15:00 PM

Could it be Ricinus communis?

Title: Re: What am I? Mysterious seeds
Post by: Fermi on February 06, 2022, 09:51:17 AM

Quote from: Jaken on February 03, 2022, 09:15:00 PM

Could it be Ricinus communis?

I'd think so. We grew it a lot when I was a kid. I think dad had an idea of making his own castor oil! ::)
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: What am I? Mysterious seeds
Post by: Jaken on February 12, 2022, 12:15:22 PM

I feel confident now that it is Ricinus, case closed.

The smaller plants in the picture is
Ceiba speciosa.

(https://i.postimg.cc/KKjgyKV9/IMG-20220212-121048.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/KKjgyKV9)

Title: Re: What am I? Mysterious seeds
Post by: David Dickinson on February 12, 2022, 02:17:02 PM

Hi Jaken,

Remember that castor oil seeds are highly toxic to humans. Keep children well away.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441948/