Thanks Blairs I take it the fruit is inedible?
Inedible? .... yes - it's used to produce one of the most deadly nerve agents there is - Ricin.
Don't eat it!
Dove, isn't Ricin derived from Ricinus Communis and not Fatsia?
Castor oil plant, vs false castor oil plant?
Oh yes Dove so I did I don't know why I just love gardening
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Whoops you're right of course - there was something in the back of my mind but I ignored it - call it a senior moment
I still wouldn't eat it tho' ... Castor Oil Plant ... may still have unpleasant effects
Whew. I was preparing to be shot down in flames Dove.
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Would I???!!!
Edd, some of us dream of our doors being broken down by the boys in blue.
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Thanks Blairs I take it the fruit is inedible?
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.
Dove, isn't Ricin derived from Ricinus Communis and not Fatsia?
Castor oil plant, vs false castor oil plant?
Oh yes Dove so I did
I don't know why I just love gardening
Whoops
you're right of course - there was something in the back of my mind but I ignored it - call it a senior moment 
I still wouldn't eat it tho' ... Castor Oil Plant ... may still have unpleasant effects
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Whew. I was preparing to be shot down in flames Dove.
X
Would I???!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Edd, some of us dream of our doors being broken down by the boys in blue.