Slide ID

CV-81-221

_pkUnique ID

CV81221

Slide Date

1981

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Island

São Nicolau

Province or Jurisdiction

Ribera Brava / Panja

Date

1981

Description

Nestled among other flora in Cape Verde is the Ricinus communis plant, more commonly known as the Castor Oil Plant. This perennial herbaceous plant is noted for its beautiful leaves that have anywhere from seven to eleven pointed segments on each. Most importantly to note is that the oil collected from the seeds are commonly used for industrial and medicinal purposes.

Keywords

homeopathy; medicine;

Social Theme

agriculture;

Notes

http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/casoil32.html

Retrieved 9 November 2012

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.elicriso.it/it/piante_medicinali/ricino/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dricino%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DZcE%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Dlr:lang_1en&sa=X&ei=QEGdUITzDOXw0gHskYDABA&ved=0CH4Q7gEwCw

Retrieved 9 November 2012

Copyright

Rhode Island College

Box

1

Folder

6

Image Dimensions

5254 x 3536

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VueScan

Date Time Scanned

11-5-2012 12:00 AM

Color Space

RGB

File Size

2.6 MB

Document Type

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Keywords

homeopathy; medicine;

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