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•Scientific Name of castor: Ricinus communis
•General description: Castor oil is extracted by crushing the seeds of the castor plant and is increasingly becoming an important bio-based raw material in various cosmetics, soaps, textiles, massage oils, and even medicines. It is tall, branched shrub, 6 to 15 feet in height. The fruit is dry, three-celled, three seeded, ovoid and thorny, capsule about 3.4 cm long.
•Climatic Conditions: Castor can grow reasonably well in a variety of climate types and conditions.
•High yielding varieties of castor available in India are NPH-1,GAUCH-4,YRCH 1,TMV 5,TMV 6,CO 1, TMVCH
•Other Names of castor:- Arandi Ka Tel (Hindi), Aamudamu (Telugu), Erandela Tela (Marathi), Amanakku Enney (Tamil), Avanakkenna (Malayalam), and Rerira Tela (Bengali).
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