ricinus, = a tick, tike.
(Latin name for the castor oil plant, also ‘tick’: = resemblance of the seed) (ld, Le)
Ricinus communis (alien and naturalised) (La) Bosluisboon(PS) Castor Bean Umhlakuva Location: (P)
communis, commune, = shared together, common to serveral or to all, common, general, universal; that which is common.
(occurring in plenty, ordinary).
(Alien) (ld, BL, Cw)