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castor bean, also known for the deadly ricin poison derived from its beans :shocked:

i've been in love with this lush and dramatic tropical beauty ever since i first spotted it in finland back in 1993.

sept 2007, loire valley, france
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=PlanetaryButterfly:iconPlanetaryButterfly: May 15, 2008, 10:05:31 PM
Wow, look how beautiful it is. Deadly beauty!

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~zasu:iconzasu: May 15, 2008, 11:24:07 PM
i've always wanted to grow some, but i'm torn by the possibility it could kill an animal or child. well, not torn, i guess, since i never have ended up buying any of the beans and growing some.

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*nutmeg-42:iconnutmeg-42: May 16, 2008, 12:14:27 AM
Wow!! Love this one. Just stunning. :-)

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*p-e-a-k:iconp-e-a-k: May 16, 2008, 2:01:39 AM
That's another beauty! :love:

But..... dear Val, are you sure you are not exaggerating a little bit? If that stuff is really so deadly how come you see it in parks, big and small, all over France? :shocked: :faint:
~zasu:iconzasu: May 16, 2008, 8:46:41 AM
wikipedia to the rescue again :)

[link] - where it mentions that ingesting as few as 3 seeds can kill a child, or 8 seeds will kill an adult. while it mentions that ricin poisoning is not common, at the bottom of the article it says that ricin poisoning kills in 97% of cases, as there is no real treatment for it (though the US military has created a vaccine against it :eyepopping:)

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~zasu:iconzasu: May 16, 2008, 9:12:32 AM
thanks :)

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And medium rare is better than well done ~ valdev
*p-e-a-k:iconp-e-a-k: May 16, 2008, 8:42:35 PM
Unbelievable!! Then they must be totally mad to plant that stuff all over the place! ..... or else they don't know......?
~zasu:iconzasu: May 16, 2008, 10:28:42 PM
it's probably a tradition now, and they don't care about the possibilities... btw, it's all over germany too... i found it growing in G's daughter's backyard, and when i mentioned the poison thing, my step-schwiegersohn immediately ripped it out of the ground (which i wasn't expecting), to protect his son (our grandson!). but i think most gardeners just shrug :shrug: and say, "eh.. whatever... hasn't killed ME or anyone I know..."

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=PlanetaryButterfly:iconPlanetaryButterfly: May 17, 2008, 7:07:21 PM
You know if you have gophers in your yard you can use granulated castor bean oil? Now I know why they head out of the yard when we put it on the lawn. :giggle:

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