Castor Oil

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A vegetable oil pressed from the seeds (castor beans) of Ricinus communis a species of perennial flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. About 90% of the fatty acid content in castor oil is the triglyceride formed from ricinoleic acid. Aka oleum ricini.

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