トウゴマ

a plant with large leaves and seeds from which castor oil is extracted

large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics

大きな掌状の葉と種子を含むトゲのあるカプセルを持つ、アフリカとアジアの熱帯地域原産の大きな低木。これらの種子はヒマシ油とリシンの原料であり、熱帯地域全体に広く帰化している。