蓖麻又名蓖麻籽、大麻籽、红蓖等。为大戟科,原产于热带和亚热带,为多年生常绿小乔木或灌木,在温带为一年生草本植物。蓖麻是一种古老的栽培植物,约有四千多年的栽培历史。在本世纪初期,由于蓖麻在航空工业和其它工业上的广泛应用,而使其名声大振,身价倍增,蓖麻油也荣膺“油中之宝”的称号。加之它对自然条件的广泛适应能力,使它的足迹遍及世界各地。现在全世界种 Castor, also known as castor beans, hemp seeds, red grate and so on. Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical and subtropical perennial evergreen small trees or shrubs, annuals in temperate herbaceous plants. Castor is an ancient cultivated plant, about four thousand years of cultivation history. In the early 2000s, castor oil was also named “Treasure in the Oil” because of its reputation for widespread use in the aviation industry and other industries. Coupled with its extensive adaptability to natural conditions, it has traveled all over the world. Now the world species