This plant with red spiky balls I saw in the garden of friends in Onstwedde, the Netherlands, it is a Caster Oil plant (Wonderboom)
The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It belongs to a monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae. The evolution of castor and its relation to other species are currently being studied using modern genetic tools.
Its seed, the red spiky balls, is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean. Castor is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and India, but is widespread throughout tropical regions (and widely grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant).
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Posted by HereIsTom on 2013-02-14 12:39:44
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