Sir, A local resident, where these wild plants can be found, told me that it is RHERI (castor) and it is very common in his own state, Bihar. He also confirmed that his peers extract oil from its seeds in order to light lamps.
Thank you & Regards, Surajit On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:19 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > On 4 March 2012 19:18, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> Attaching links of images of Ricinus sp., likely to be Ricinus communis. >> We call it REHRI in Bengali (if the ID is correct). This plant is a larval >> food plant of Common Castor butterfly. Also attaching an image of a >> damselfly (black marsh dart) basking on its leaf. >> >> Species : Ricinus communis ? >> Bengali name : REHRI >> Date : 03-03-2012, 9.35 a.m. >> Place : Hooghly, West Bengal >> Type : wild herb >> >> ID help : Plant Groups by H. Mukherji >> >> IMAGE links : >> 1. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IkCpnrXIEcW4FUcHuK-CPtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 2. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WSoFRgYVCeLMjVGxoAvUQtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 3. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TKICDAbbLBVeOKto_r0fLdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 4. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t2b3AGiBIiJPo5qTdv-pbNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 5. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zG8vuhSDmRQngmhzgaxv29MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 6. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2CupYXUp3XjWydSyxP9naNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 7. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/k_qXnCQivR21KM-F2ksR9NMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 8. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ofdwVJ186qpn2TauLIVAbNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 9. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yQ1kwYC3sVWyePxFrXFCn9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> 10. >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YOI4lETX0-A5rnt-cTds5tMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink >> >> Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >>
