Yellow Impala Castor Bean 7 Seeds-Ricinus-Yellow Flower

THE CASTOR BEAN is a shrub-like plant with large long-stemmed leaves that are lobed like fingers. Its spiny clustered seed pods contain white bean-like seeds (Botanically speaking it isn't a true bean but a Spurge) which typically bear attractive markings in various colours. The plant is native to tropical Africa but it is grown commercially in California and has become naturalized throughout the southern United States. In northern areas it is often cultivated in the warmer months as an ornamental annual in gardens providing local gardeners with a castor of thousands....

The Yellow Impala Castor Bean has striking maroon/carmine young growth. Clusters of creamy yellow blooms followed by maroon pods.

POISON LOCATION: Seeds bark & leaves are all somewhat toxic but the greatest concentration of the toxin occurs in the seeds & their pods. If you grow Castor Beans in your garden and you have children it is safest to remove & destroy the seed pods before they mature.

POISON TYPE: Ricin a poisonous protein one of a group known as plant lectins. In the right amount & concentration Ricin is said to be one of the most toxic natural poisons in the world. It works by inhibiting the synthesis of more complex proteins in the intestinal wall which in turn causes digestive distress. Castor Beans are traditionally cultivated as a basis of laxatives such as castor oil which is also used as an ingredient of industrial lubricants soaps & varnishes

My Grandmother use to plant one Castor Bean Plant near the garden to keep deer away!

• THE CASTOR BEAN is a shrub-like plant with large long-stemmed leaves that are lobed like fingers


• Its spiny clustered seed pods contain white bean-like seeds


• The plant is native to tropical Africa


• Clusters of creamy yellow blooms followed by maroon pods


• Seeds bark & leaves are all somewhat toxic

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