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==Uses==
{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Dried folaigeRoot}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herbLeaf}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Extracted Oil}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Yeranda|kn=Oudla|ml=|sa=Chittamankku|ta=Amanakku|te=Amuda|hi=Arandi|en=Ricinus communisCastor bean}}
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|palmately Palmately 6-8-lobed, peltate, to 20 x 24 cm; lobes 9-15 x 3-6 cm, lanceolate, margin coarsely serrate, apex acuminate; petiole to 18 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Terminal paniculate racemes|Yellow|Many|male Male flowers below, female ones above. Male flowers: perianth cupular, 3-5-lobed, c. 4 mm long, lanceolate; stamens many, filaments connate, repeatedly branched. Female flowers: tepals 5, subequal, c. 5 mm long, lanceolate; ovary globose, 3-locular, echinate; ovule 1-per locule; styles 3, papillose.Flowering season is December to March}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|1.6-2 cm across||3-lobed, pricklyPrickly|Seeds oblong, smoothSmooth, marbledMarbled, carunculate.Carunculate|Fruiting season is December to March}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslandsRoadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|At meadowsVacant plots}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forestsWastelands}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub "sciencedirect"Sciencedirect]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230990 "Cultivation details"]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2014/12/12/castor-benefits-use-research-side-effects/ "Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/ricinus_communis.htm Cultivation details]</ref> <ref name="Uses">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 746</ref>
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