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Castor Oil Plant - Plantation
| CASTOR proved as genuine source of oil suitable for multiple Industrial uses |
Being a leading producer of Castor Oil, India  plays significant role in Cultivation of Castor Crop & supply of Castor Oil. |
General Information About Crop
A tall glabrous annual some times shrubby or sub harboreous, leaves alternate, broad palmately Seven to many
lobed, serrate, flowers large, in terminal sub panicle racemes, monoecious, apetalous, upper male crowded
lower female.
In case of spiny fruits there is variation in the length of spines. In some cases the spines
are short and in some long. Their oil content varies from 45 per cent to 57 per cent. Very small fruits are
usually found in ornamental plants.
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Scientific Specifications
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The castor oil plant,
Ricinus communis (sometimes called mole bean after the belief that the "beans" can be placed in mole
tunnels to poison the animals), is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the
subtribe Ricininae.
Its seed is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean.
| Kingdom |
Plantae |
| Division |
Magnoliophyta |
| Class |
Magnoliopsida |
| Order |
Malpighiales |
| Family |
Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily |
Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe |
Acalypheae |
| Subtribe |
Ricininae |
| Genus |
Ricinus |
| Species |
R. communis |
| Binomial name -Ricinus communis |
Oil Content or Composition
Castor Oil contained 90% of
fatty acids in castor oil are ricinoleic acid. Ricinoleic acid, a monounsaturated, 18-carbon fatty acid, has
a hydroxyl functional group at the twelfth carbon, a very uncommon property for a biological fatty acid. This
functional group causes ricinoleic acid (and castor oil) to be unusually polar, and also allows chemical
derivatization that is not practical with other biological oils.
Since it is a polar dielectric with a relatively
high dielectric constant, highly refined and dried Castor oil is sometimes used as a dielectric fluid within high
performance high voltage capacitors. Castor oil also contains 3-4% of both oleic and linoleic acids.
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| Acid Name |
Avg.
Percentage Range |
| Ricinoleic acid |
85 to 95% |
| Oleic acid |
6 to 2% |
| Linoleic acid |
5 to 1% |
| Linolenic acid |
1 to 0.5% |
| Stearic acid |
1 to 0.5% |
| Palmitic acid |
1 to 0.5% |
| Dihydroxystearic acid |
0.5 to 0.3% |
| fatty acids |
0.5 to 0.2% |
Castor Cultivation
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Type of soil or area for cultivation
Castor crop can be grown on a wide range of soils provided
they are fairly deep and well drained. Heavy clays, with poor drainage, and marshy soils are unsuitable.
The highly suitable soils for castor are deep, moderately fertile, with slightly acidic conditions (pH 5.0 to 6.5),
well drained, sandy loams. Excessively fertile soils are not desirable, as they favour excessive vegetative growth
at the expense of seed yield.
Castor requires a well pulverized seed bed with loose subsoil upto 45 cm depth.
However, it does not require fine tilth, but for even
germination it requires adequate moisture for longer
period in seed bed, preferably to a depth of 15-20cm.
Crop Duration, Weather condition and Planting method
Castor is tropical crop and an annual crop and is grown by
sowing the seeds in a hot weather. It requires an appropriate and consistent rainfall. It is planted generally during
the months of July and August. The crop has a duration period of 4 to 5 months and is generally harvested in the months
of December and January.
However the sowing and harvesting periods within the country differ according to the different
regions where the crop is grown. Castor seed takes around 15 days in winter to germinate depending on the prevailing
temperatures. The plants may attain a height of 30-90cm but the same varieties if they planted in fertile soils with
good rainfall conditions may attain heights of 3 to 4 meters.
Harvesting
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Harvesting mainly done by using three methods
• Manual harvesting
• Mechanized Harvesting
• Combine harvesting
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