Ricinus communis L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Cordillera Prov.

• Locality

  ca. 21 km SE of Palmar del Oratorio, ca. 14 km SE of Rio Chore-Chore [=Rio Pantano]

• Elevation

  Alt. 365 m. (1198 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.03, -63.02

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

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NFW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Shrubs to 3 m. tall at edge of fields, a
weed. Steins and petioles red. Male flowers
yellow-green; female flowers green with red
stigmas. Fruit green, the spines soft.
Coll.: M. Nee 37642	22 Jan. 1989
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Ricinus communis L.
det. M. Nee, 1989
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Cordillera, ca. 21
km. SE of Palmar del Oratorio, ca. 14 km. SE
of Rio Chore-Chore [=Rio Pantano].
18°02’S, 63°0rw	alt. 365 m.
Flat plain, fine sandy soil, mostly cleared
for soybean and maize fields, edges and
disturbed remnants of subtropical semi-
deciduous forest, with Prosopis alba,
Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Solanum riparium.
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