Castor Bean [Ricinus communis] Fruit
    These Castor Bean plant fruit (seed pods) were photographed by Joel Wooster at the Canaveral National Seashore, Volusia County, Florida on 12/20/2007. The species is native to tropical Africa but is widespread throughout Florida and elsewhere.

Castor Bean [Ricinus communis] Fruit

Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The illustrated shell was collected at Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

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